S. E. Hinton Quotes

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

  S. E. Hinton

  Sunset, Two, Different

  S. E. Hinton (1995). “The Outsiders: That was Then, this is Now ; Rumble Fish”

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• nothing can wear you out like caring about people

  S. E. Hinton

  Caring, People

  S. E. Hinton (1995). “The Outsiders: That was Then, this is Now ; Rumble Fish”

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• They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.

  S. E. Hinton

  Fighting, Outsiders, Grew Up

  "The Outsiders". Taglines, www.imdb.com. March 25, 1983.

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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

  Friendship, Real Friends, Good Friend

  S. E. Hinton (2012). “That Was Then, This Is Now”, p.28, Penguin

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• All my life I wanted somebody who knew more than I did to tell me the truth.

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  Tell Me The Truth, Wanted

  S.E. Hinton (2014). “S.E. Hinton Classic Collection”, p.175, Diversion Books

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• I learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there.

  S. E. Hinton

  Mind, Want, Hell

  S.E. Hinton (2014). “S.E. Hinton Classic Collection”, p.88, Diversion Books

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

  S. E. Hinton

  Truth, Lying, Believe

  S. E. Hinton (2012). “That Was Then, This Is Now”, p.104, Penguin

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• 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.

  S. E. Hinton

  Writing, Thinking, Two

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Thinking, World, Want

  S.E. Hinton (2016). “The Outsiders 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.141, Penguin

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• You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love the best in the world.

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  Hate, Feelings, World

  S. E. Hinton (2012). “That Was Then, This Is Now”, p.31, Penguin

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

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  Writing, Thinking, Outsiders

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• Some are going, some are staying....i'm in between.

  S. E. Hinton

  Staying

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• You take up for your buddies, no matter what they do. When you're a gang, you stick up for the members. If you don't stick up for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn't a gang anymore. It's a pack. A snarling, distrustful, bickering park like the Socs in their social clubs or the street gangs in New York or the wolves in the timber.

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  Brother, New York, Together

  S. E. Hinton (2016). “The Outsiders 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.28, Penguin

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• The difference is that was then, this is now.

  S. E. Hinton

  Differences

  Title of book (1971)

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• ...people get hurt in rumbles, maybe killed. I'm sick of it because it doesn't do any good. You can't win...even if you whip us. You'll still be where you were before- at the bottom. And we'll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. So it doesn't do any good, the fighting and the killing. It doesn't prove a thing.

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  Hurt, Fighting, Winning

  S. E. Hinton (2012). “The Outsiders”, p.80, Penguin

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• I advise writing to oneself. If you don't want to read it, nobody else is going to read it.

  S. E. Hinton

  Writing, Want, Advise

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• I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man do I have fun!

  S. E. Hinton

  Fun, Men, Cities

  S.E. Hinton (2016). “The Outsiders 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.109, Penguin

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• Get smart and nothing can touch you.

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  Smart

  S.E. Hinton (2016). “The Outsiders 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.136, Penguin

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• I made up my mind that I'd get out of that place and I didI learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there. If you want to go somewhere in life, you just have to work till you make it.

  S. E. Hinton

  Mind, Want, Hell

  S. E. Hinton (1995). “The Outsiders: That was Then, this is Now ; Rumble Fish”

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• I was desperate for something to read that dealt realistically with teenage life, and I thought others might be, too.

  S. E. Hinton

  Teenage, Might, Teenage Life

  "Author Q&A: S.E. Hinton". Interview with Colleen Oakley, www.marieclaire.com. April 30, 2007.

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• You know the rules. No jazz before a rumble.

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  Jazz, Rumble, Knows

  S.E. Hinton (2016). “The Outsiders 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.93, Penguin

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• Sometimes, I feel like I spent the first part of my life wishing to be a teen-age boy, and the second part condemned to being one.

  S. E. Hinton

  Boys, Wish, Age

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

  S. E. Hinton

  Sunset, Two, Different

  S. E. Hinton (1995). “The Outsiders: That was Then, this is Now ; Rumble Fish”

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• the person in this picture is really me.

  S. E. Hinton

  Persons

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• Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.

  S. E. Hinton

  Trying, Stuff, Influence

  Interview with Cindy Lynn Speer and Wiley Saichek, www.bookreporter.com. October 8, 2004.

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