COULDN'T in Classic Quotes

1  I couldn't think of anything to say.

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Context   In Chapter 1

2  Johnny couldn't say "Boo" to a goose.

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Context   In Chapter 2

3  I couldn't tell if Two-Bit was drunk or not.

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Context   In Chapter 2

4  We couldn't let our parents see us with you all.

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Context   In Chapter 3

5  I started to say he was a good ol guy but I couldn't.

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Context   In Chapter 3

6  "I couldn't use this," I said, dropping the pop bottle.

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Context   In Chapter 3

7  But Johnny was the gang's pet, and Dally just couldn't hit him.

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Context   In Chapter 2

8  You couldn't shut up that guy; he always had to get his two-bits worth in.

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Context   In Chapter 1

9  He had gray eyes and a wide grin, and he couldn't stop making funny remarks to save his life.

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Context   In Chapter 1

10  I couldn't tell her that Soda had bawled all night long after they came and got Mickey Mouse.

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Context   In Chapter 3

11  "That's the greaser that jockeys for the Slash J sometime," she said, as if we couldn't hear her.

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Context   In Chapter 2

12  He tried to swear, but suddenly started crying, fighting to control himself, then sobbing all the more because he couldn't.

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Context   In Chapter 2

13  Whether that was because Steve was so good with cars or because Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies, I couldn't tell you.

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Context   In Chapter 1

14  As a result, Johnny never spoke to girls much, but whether that was because he was scared of Steve or because he was shy, I couldn't tell.

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Context   In Chapter 2

15  We were used to seeing Johnny banged up--- his father clobbered him around a lot, and although it made us madder than heck, we couldn't do anything about it.

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Context   In Chapter 2

16  I couldn't just take it or leave it, like Two-Bit, or ignore it and love life anyway, like Sodapop, or harden myself beyond caring, like Dally, or actually enjoy it, like Tim Shepard.

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Context   In Chapter 3

17  I really couldn't see what 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.

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Context   In Chapter 2