The Outsiders Quotes with Page Numbers

Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold. (Page 148)

I’m sick of all this running from the law crap. (Page 10)

Y’all are crazy. Crazy, I guess, like Dally said. (Page 13)

I killed him. I killed that boy. (Page 56)

Johnny was a good kid, a real hero. (Page 98)

We’re greasers, but we’re gold. (Page 94)

I can’t take much more of this traveling around and living like a fugitive. (Page 103)

You can’t win against the law. (Page 26)

You start believing you’re stealing — and killing — and being drunk on Saturdays, just to have something to do. (Page 57)

I think I like it better when the old man’s hitting me. (Page 75)

They’re different, but they’re still outsiders. They’re still our gang. (Page 132)

Stay back! Stay back or I’ll put a bullet in your gut! (Page 82)

Everything is rougher inside the heads of those guys. (Page 39)

It ain’t fair. It ain’t fair that Johnny’s the one that gets it. (Page 101)

I’m a wanted man. A greaser on the run. (Page 67)

I can’t take much more of this hating myself. (Page 114)

The sun shone on him, and it felt good to be alive. (Page 109)

I’m going to cut all my hair off… and stop making such a big deal out of everything. (Page 82)

Being a hero didn’t mean that you were invincible. (Page 91)

I just don’t want to see you get hurt. (Page 62)

We got dreams. We got plans for the future. We’re gonna be somebody. (Page 150)

Greasers can’t walk alone too much or they’ll get jumped, or someone will come by and scream ‘Greaser!’ at them. (Page 13)

We shouldn’t hate the Socs. I mean, they’re just guys too. (Page 37)

We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class. (Page 43)

I’m scared of everything except Johnny. (Page 74)

If you need help, honey, ask for it. (Page 81)

From now on, I’m a greaser and I’m proud of it! (Page 142)

I like to watch movies but I don’t like to be in them. (Page 89)

It was worth saving those kids’ lives. (Page 52)

It ain’t fair for Ponyboy to wake up and find me gone. (Page 81)

I wanted to shout for joy. I wanted to dance and scream. (Page 100)

Why do things that are bad for you always taste so good? (Page 49)

I’m the oldest… I’m Darry, and Soda’s my kid brother. (Page 18)

I’m a greaser. I don’t talk things out… I fight. (Page 56)

I knew I was never going to tell anyone about it. Not even the gang. (Page 92)

Get smart and nothing can touch you. (Page 29)

Life’s not fair… But it’s not always fair for everyone. (Page 69)

I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me. (Page 8)

I’m proud of you. I won’t lose you like I did our parents. (Page 2)

I don’t like to fight, but I don’t like backing down either. (Page 62)

They’re worse than dirty, they’re trash. (Page 11)

I don’t know which scared me more, saying it out loud or thinking about it. (Page 49)

Ponyboy is my family… I’d do anything for him. (Page 85)

They grew up on the outside of society… and they ain’t gonna live long. (Page 41)

I can never really get back what I had with my parents. (Page 37)

Don’t let the bastards grind you down. (Page 62)

We needed him… We needed all of us. (Page 166)

We’re all we got left now. (Page 175)

I had to stay out of trouble for Darry and Soda. (Page 33)

We’re the outsiders. We’re the ones who don’t belong. (Page 34)