BUT in Classic Quotes

1  He has Dad's eyes, but Soda is one of a kind.

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2  "I know," I said, but the ground began to blur and I felt hot tears running down my cheeks.

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3  I had never been jumped, but I had seen Johnny after four Socs got hold of him, and it wasn't pretty.

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4  I'd just as soon tease a full-grown grizzly; but for some reason, Darry seems to like being teased by Soda.

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5  I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.

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6  I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman--- he looks tough and I don't--- but I guess my own looks aren't so bad.

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7  I wish they were more gray, because I hate most guys that have green eyes, but I have to be content with what I have.

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8  He has dark-brown hair that kicks out in front and a slight cowlick in the back--- just like Dad's--- but Darry's eyes are his own.

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9  I was smarting and aching and my chest was sore and I was so nervous my hands were shaking and I wanted to start bawling, but you just don't say that to Darry.

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10  He's not as tall as Darry, and he's a little slimmer, but he has a finely drawn, sensitive face that somehow manages to be reckless and thoughtful at the same time.

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11  He could lift a hubcap quicker and more quietly than anyone in the neighborhood, but he also knew cars upside-down and backward, and he could drive anything on wheels.

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12  It drives my brother Darry nuts when I do stuff like that, 'cause I'm supposed to be smart; I make good grades and have a high IQ and everything, but I don't use my head.'

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13  I glanced around for a pop bottle or a stick or something--- Steve Randle, Soda's best buddy, had once held off four guys with a busted pop bottle--- but there was nothing.

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14  My hair is longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in back and long at the front and sides, but I am a greaser and most of my neighborhood rarely bothers to get a haircut.

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15  I had a long walk home and no company, but I usually lone it anyway, for no reason except that I like to watch movies undisturbed so I can get into them and live them with the actors.

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16  In New York, Dally blew off steam in gang fights, but here, organized gangs are rarities--- there are just small bunches of friends who stick together, and the warfare is between the social classes.

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17  If I had thought about it, I could have called Darry and he would have come by on his way home and picked me up, or Two-Bit Mathews--- one of our gang--- would have come to get me in his car if I had asked him, but sometimes I just don't use my head.

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