RUN in Classic Quotes

1  He would have run away a million times if we hadn't been there.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 1

2  If he'd got smart like me he'd never have run into that church.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 9

3  I tried to run but stumbled, and Dally impatiently shoved me along.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 9

4  He always runs around in his stocking feet--- he doesn't like shoes.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 12

5  I could feel my palms getting clammy and the perspiration running down my back.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 1

6  Let's get the rules straight--- nothing but our fists, and the first to run lose.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 9

7  I was glad I had had to run away with him instead of with Two-Bit or Steve or Dally.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 5

8  You ought to know better than to run away in just a sweat shirt, and a wet one at that.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 4

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

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 1

10  Things were sliding in and out of focus, and it seemed funny to me that I couldn't run in a straight line.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 10

11  Someone put his hand over my mouth, and I bit it as hard as I could, tasting the blood running through my teeth.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 1

12  At least Darry didn't get drunk and beat me up or run me out of the house, and I had Sodapop to talk things over with.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 3

13  I almost decided to run, and Two-Bit must have guessed this, for he shook his head ever so slightly and tossed me a cigarette.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 7

14  I ducked and tried to run for it, but the Soc caught my arm and twisted it behind my back, and shoved my face into the fountain.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 4

15  We all left the house at a dead run, even Steve, and I wondered vaguely why no one was doing somersaults off the steps this time.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 10

16  I lay there and wondered what in the world was happening--- people were jumping over me and running by me and I was too dazed to figure it out.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 1

17  a dropout so he could get a job and keep me in school, and Darry, getting old before his time trying to run a family and hold on to two jobs and never having any fun--- while the Socs had so much spare time and money that they jumped us and each other for kicks, had beer blasts and river-bottom parties because they didn't know what else to do.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 3