The Outsiders is a popular coming-of-age novel by S.E. Hinton that was first published in 1967 by Viking Press.
The story follows Ponyboy Curtis, a teenager who is part of a gang of “greasers” and their struggles to get by.
The book has been extensively read and debated in middle and high schools since it opens up lines of conversation for subjects such as right and wrong, popularity, cliques, and others.
We have selected some of the great quotes from The Outsiders book for you.
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Best The Outsiders Quotes by S.E. Hinton
“Nothing sparkly can stay.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“If we don’t have each other, we don’t have anything.” ― S.E. Hinton , The Outsiders
“You know the rules. No jazz before a rumble.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“Things are rough all over.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“I liked my books and clouds and sunsets.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There’s still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don’t think he knows.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“They weren’t looking for a fight, they were looking to fit in.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“Get smart and nothing can touch you.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“You know a guy a longtime, and I mean really know him, you don’t get used to the idea that he’s dead just overnight.” ― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders
“He sure put things into words good.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold . . .” The pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“Okay greasers, you’ve had it.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
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Top The Outsiders Quotes by S.E. Hinton
“I´d rather have anybody´s hate than their pity” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“They shouldn’t hate each other . . . I don’t hate the Socs any more . . . they shouldn’t hate . . .” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“I’ve been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you’re gold when you’re a kid, like green. When you’re a kid everything’s new, dawn. It’s just when you get used to everything that it’s day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That’s gold. Keep that way, it’s a good way to be.” ― Susan E. Hinton, The Outsiders
“I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man do I have fun!” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“The person in this picture is really me.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“I don’t know why I go to school unless for kicks, oh well might as well do dissect a frog.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“They grew up on the outside of society. They weren’t looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“Don’t you know a rumble ain’t a rumble unless I’m in it?” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“That’s why people don’t ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us. We look hoody and they look decent. It could be just the other way around – half of the hoods I know are pretty decent guys underneath all that grease, and from what I’ve heard, a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean – but people usually go by looks.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“Why do you like fights Darry-Ponyboy
He just likes to show off his muscles-Sodapop” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
Quotes from The Outsiders
“He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he’d die someday.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“What’s the safest thing to be when one is met by a gang of social outcasts in an alley? …No, another social outcast!” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“There was a silent moment when everything held its breath, and then the sun rose.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“…I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“Johnny almost grinned as he nodded. “Tuff enough,” he managed, and by the way his eyes were glowing, I figured Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
Famous The Outsiders Quotes by S.E. Hinton
“It’s okay. We aren’t in the same class. Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“If you want to see something funny, it’s a tough hood sticking his tongue out at his big brother.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“There isn’t any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“I liked my books and clouds and sunsets.” ~ Susan Eloïse Hinton (The Outsiders).
“You take up for your buddies, no matter what they do. When you’re a gang, you stick up for the members. If you don’t stick up for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn’t a gang anymore. It’s a pack. A snarling, distrustful, bickering park like the Socs in their social clubs or the street gangs in New York or the wolves in the timber.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“We’re almost as close as brothers; when you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood like ours you get to know each other real well.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
Powerful The Outsiders Quotes by S.E. Hinton
“Things were rough all over, but it was better that way. That way you could tell the other guy was human too.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There’s still a lot of good in the world.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“You get tough like me and you don’t get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin’ can touch you…” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“You dig ok Pony Boy” ― Susan Eloise Hinton, Outsiders
“They used to be buddies, I thought, they used to be friends, and now they hate each other because one has to work for a living and the other comes from the West Side. They shouldn’t hate each other…” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
“Dally was so real he scared me.” ~ S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders).
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