Stay Gold, Ponyboy, Stay Gold.

Greasers Will Still Be Greasers And Socs Will Still Be Socs. Sometimes I Think It's The Ones In The Middle That Are Really The Lucky Stiffs.

If You Want To Be A Writer, I Have Two Pieces Of Advice. One Is To Be A Reader. I Think That's One Of The Most Important Parts Of Learning To Write. The Other Piece Of Advice Is 'just Do It!' Don't Think About It, Don't Agonize, Sit Down And Write.

It Was Too Vast A Problem To Be Just A Personal Thing. There Should Be Some Help, Someone Should Tell Them Before It Was Too Late. Someone Should Tell Their Side Of The Story, And Maybe People Would Understand Then, And Wouldn’t Be So Quick To Judge A Boy By The Amount Of Hair Oil He Wore.

My Mother Was Physically And Emotionally Abusive. My Father Was An Extremely Cold Man.

... Hey, I Didn't Know You Didn't Like Baloney." I Went Cold. "i Don't Like It. I Never Liked It." Soda Just Looked At Me. "you Used To Eat It. That's Why You Wouldn't Eat Anything While You Were Sick. You Kept Saying You Didn't Like Baloney, No Matter What It Was We Were Trying To Get You To Eat." "i Don't Like It," I Repeated.