S E Hinton The Outsiders Quotes

#1. I still want magic, I find. The old fashioned kind. I don't believe in it, but I still have a hankering for it.

Glen Duncan

#2. It is difficult for me to understand the tragic accounts of troubled marriages that come to me.

Gordon B. Hinckley

#3. That's why we're separated,'I said. 'It's not money, it's feeling- you don't feel anything, and we feel too violently.

S.E. Hinton

#4. Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness.

Charlotte Kasl

#5. The astonishment soon passed off, the scales seemed to drop from his eyes, and the book became at once and for ever to him the great human and divine book, and the men and women, whom he had looked upon as something quite different from himself, became his friends and counsellors.

Thomas Hughes

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

S.E. Hinton

#7. 'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.

S.E. Hinton

#8. Darry took a step toward me, but I backed away. "Don't touch me," I said. My heart was pounding in slow thumps, throbbing at the side of my head, and I wondered if everyone else could hear it. Maybe that's why they're all looking at me, I thought, they can hear my heart beating ...

S.E. Hinton

#9. Verona is a very beautiful city, but Siena just never ceases to fascinate me.

Anne Fortier

#10. I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.

S.E. Hinton

#11. Like many authors, I caught the writing bug during my teenage years. I don't remember the exact day or year, but I remember that reading S.E. Hinton's 'The Outsiders' sparked my interest in writing.

Ally Carter

#12. 'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.

S.E. Hinton

#13. I really couldn't see what the Socs would have to sweat about - good grades, good cars, good girls, madras and Mustangs and Corvairs - Man, I thought, if I had worries like that I'd consider myself lucky.
I know better now.

S.E. Hinton

#14. If you are in danger, if your hearts are confused, turn to Mary; she is our comfort, our help; turn towards her and you will be saved.

Frances Xavier Cabrini

#15. let's do it for Johnny

S.E. Hinton

#16. My system works, as long as people let me do my job my way. It is not just the sequence, it is how you do it: the timing, the mirrors, the temperature, the carpet. But if people only do it 99% right, it is 100% wrong. When someone tries to mess with it, the people won't get the yoga benefits.

Bikram Choudhury

#17. We also provide a lot of services with our consulting group that allow people to take maximum advantage of the Net economy. Those all seem to resonate with customers and are providing a good strong base going forward.

Jim Barksdale

#18. Maybe people are younger when they sleep.

S.E. Hinton

#19. Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.

Nancy Lublin

#20. The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched.

Caleb Cushing

#21. I'm going to marry you till you puke.

Lorrie Moore

#22. We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#23. The thing is, the Tulsa experience that I wrote about in 'The Outsiders' is closer to the universal experience than it would be if I wrote it from L.A. or New York. It's an everyman story.

S.E. Hinton

#24. 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