S.E. Hinton Quotes

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

It's okay. We aren't in the same class. Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too.

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.

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.

Nothing Stay Forever"
"Nature’s first green is gold,
"Her hardest hue to hold.
"Her early leaf’s a flower;
"But only so an hour.
"Then leaf subsides to leaf.
"So Eden sank to grief,
"So dawn goes down today.
"Nothing gold can stay.

- Robert Frost

Mason is ambidextrous. That means that he can use either his right or left hand. For some reason, when I was little, I thought that meant he was part water lizard. Don't ask why.

If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.

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.

I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.