The Outsiders Quotes

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

• Ponyboy Curtis

• Darry Curtis

• Dallas Winston

• Two Bit Matthews

• Johnny Cade

“...Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.”

• Ponyboy Curtis

• Darry Curtis

• Dallas Winston

• Cherry Valance

• Johnny Cade

“You get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothing can touch you”

• Ponyboy Curtis

• Darry Curtis

• Dallas Winston

• Cherry Valance

• Johnny Cade

"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.”

• Ponyboy

• Randy

• Dallas Winston

• Cherry

• Sodapop

“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.”

• Johnny

• Randy

• Dallas Winston

• Cherry

• Sodapop

Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.

• Ponyboy Curtis

• Darry Curtis

• Dallas Winston

• Cherry Valance

• Johnny Cade

“We aren't in the same class. Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too.”

• Ponyboy Curtis

• Randy

• Dallas Winston

• Cherry

• Johnny Cade

"...that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green...it's a good way to be..."

• Ponyboy Curtis

• Randy

• Dallas Winston

• Cherry

• Johnny Cade

“Ponyboy, listen, don't get tough. You're not like the rest of us and don't try to be...”

• Two Bit

• Randy

• Dallas Winston

• Cherry

• Johnny Cade

“There’s still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don’t think he knows.”

• Two Bit

• Randy

• Dallas Winston

• Cherry

• Johnny Cade