He sure put things into words good.

I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.

Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.

Nothing sparkly can stay.

Asleep, he looked a lot younger than going-on-seventeen, but I had noticed that Johnny looked younger when he was asleep too, so I figured everyone did. Maybe people are younger when they are asleep.

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.

We saw the same sunset.

Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold.--Johnny quoting Robert Frost

Maybe people are younger when they sleep.

It's useless to disarm the hands, if the heart remains armed

Time will tell...Time will answer...Silence... and time....

Freedom is not the same as lack of accountability.

...knowing what o'clock it is gives ye the illusion that ye have some control over your circumstances.

Authors always feel in danger of being abandoned by loved ones. This is a potent fear. Yet it's as inevitable as writer's cramp when we presume to write words for others to read.

Laughter is by definition healthy.

The money that we make from the company goes into The Body Shop Foundation, which isn't one of those awful tax shelters like some in America. It just functions to take the money and give it away.

There is obviously a great human need for religion because life seems to be such a mystery.

I wanted to get the guy who works next to me in the office something he really wants, but how do you wrap up a saloon?

The main goal is not to complicate the already difficult life of the consumer.