S.E. Hinton Quotes

I was not going to allow myself to really believe that I was free until I was actually free.

I think that The Outsiders was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it.

You know the rules. No jazz before a rumble.

I was desperate for something to read that dealt realistically with teenage life, and I thought others might be, too.

I learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there.

I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.

Things are rough all over.

Okay greasers,you've had it.

I don't know why I go to school unless for kicks, oh well might as well do dissect a frog.

why do you like fights Darry~Ponyboy He just likes to show off his muscles~Sodapop

But Dally, heaters kill people! Ya' kill 'em with switchblades to, don'tcha?

He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday.

If you enjoy reading something, read it.

We couldn't get along without him. We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason.

What's the safest thing to be when one is met by a gang of social outcasts in an alley? ...No, another social outcast!

Dally was so real he scared me.

I gotta cut smoking or I'll never make track next year

My mother was physically and emotionally abusive. My father was an extremely cold man.

It ain't fair that we have all the rough breaks!

I was a tomboy and most of my close friends were male.

I didn't think much about that statement then. But later I would-I still do. I think about it and think about it until I think I'm going crazy.

I wish I was a kid again, when I had all the answers.

My boyfriend suggested I write two pages a day. He wouldn't take me out if I hadn't done my two pages. That's how I wrote my second novel.

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.

Writer's were supposed to be a litte crazy

Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn't 'turn' all of a sudden

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.

I'm a good judge of my own work.

All of a sudden it felt like people were peering over my shoulder, wondering what I would write next. I was blocked for four years.

The Urban Literate Southern California Sub-Group of the Early Atomic Period has not yet produced a distinct body of folk music of its own.

If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.

If you're going to lead people, you've got to have somewhere to go.

They say that knowledge is power. I believe that is only partially true. Knowledge is power only if your Wise Self interprets how it relates to you.

We know how to work hard. We know how to go for the goal. We know how to achieve, achieve, achieve but we don’t know how to enjoy the journey.

If we fast forward through the journey, like Adam Sandler in the movie, Click, we’ll look up one day and see that we missed our lives.

Certainly, it’s wise to ask for counsel in whatever you endeavor to do. There is safety in that. But when the asking comes from a place of dependence, it is unhealthy.

If there's going to be pain anyway, I'd rather it be the pain of growth rather than the pain of staying stuck.

I believe that purpose is not only a destination but it is the energy that pushes us toward its fulfillment.

Honoring your feelings awakens your soul. Feelings keep you awake. And it is from that awake place, that sound, that you build your life.

Dancing is about enjoying life. One of the hardest things for us to do is to dance.

Your humility is what secures your future and there is nothing like accountability partners who keep you real.

Men want to be known and loved for who they are by women.

I want to speak to the dream in your heart. That dream that has taken a backseat as you have strived to live up to something different.

Every life has a sound. A voice to be heard. A song to be sung. A note to be played.

Pay your bills, yes. But don't invest in them. Invest in your dreams. What you invest in grows.

Take your past off life support.

Complete - Yourself! Others may only enhance your completeness.

I guess he had listened to more beefs and more problems from more people than any of us. A guy that'll really listen to you, listen and care about what you're saying, is something rare.

I´d rather have anybody´s hate than their pity

Greaser ' didn't have anything to do with it. My buddy over there wouldn't have done it. Maybe you would have done the same thing, maybe a friend of yours wouldn't have. It's the individual.