23 Quotes & Sayings By Se Hinton

S.E. Hinton is the author of the beloved best-selling novel The Outsiders. A native of Oklahoma, she attended school there and at Piedmont College in Alabama, eventually graduating from the University of North Carolina School of Journalism with a degree in English. She went on to receive a master's degree from the University of Houston Read more

Hinton's other notable works include: The Whistling Season and Rumble Fish, made into films by Francis Ford Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola, respectively. She has also published three novels under the pseudonym of Ann Brashares: The Sisterhood, The Sisterhood Returns, and Forever.

It's okay. We aren't in the same class. Just don't...
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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
I lie to myself all the time. But I never...
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I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me. S.E. Hinton
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I guess I just couldn't see standing there -- alive, talking, thinking, breathing, being -- one second, and dead the next. It really bothered me. Death by violence isn't the same as dying any other way, accident or disease or old age. It just ain't the same. S.E. Hinton
If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky....
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If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky. S.E. Hinton
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If you're going to lead people, you've got to have somewhere to go. S.E. Hinton
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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money. S.E. Hinton
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He'll have to do without me, Jamie thought, not looking back. And then clearly, as if he'd been told, he knew Grenville /could/ do without him. There was somewhere else he had to go now, somewhere else he had to be. S.E. Hinton
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Nothing sparkly can stay. S.E. Hinton
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...At least you got Soda. I ain't got nobody.' 'Shoot, ' I said, startled out of my misery, 'you got the whole gang. Dally didn't slug you tonight cause you're the pet. I mean, golly, Johnny, you got the whole gang.' 'It ain't the same as having your own folks care about you, ' Johnny said simply. 'it just ain't the same. S.E. Hinton
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...At least you got Soda. I ain't got nobody." "Shoot, " I said, startled out of my misery, "you got the whole gang. Dally didn't slug you tonight cause you're the pet. I mean, golly, Johnny, you got the whole gang." "It ain't the same as having your own folks care about you, " Johnny said simply. "it just ain't the same. S.E. Hinton
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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. S.E. Hinton
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I´d rather have anybody´s hate than their pity S.E. Hinton
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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. S.E. Hinton
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We saw the same sunset. S.E. Hinton
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Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold.-- Johnny quoting Robert Frost S.E. Hinton
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It was cliche, he knew, but he meant it classic. S.E. Hinton
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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. S.E. Hinton
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Maybe people are younger when they sleep. S.E. Hinton
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It goes so fast, he thought, they don't tell you that, how fast it goes... S.E. Hinton
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He sure put things into words good. S.E. Hinton
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Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too. S.E. Hinton
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I could fall in love with Dallas Winston, " she said. "I hope I never see himagain, or I will. S.E. Hinton