WAS in Classic Quotes

1  A blade was held against my throat.

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2  I was backing up, away from that knife.

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3  He was shaking me and I wished he'd stop.

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4  I was scared so bad I was wishing I would.

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5  Johnny was scared of his own shadow after that.

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6  I was sweating something fierce, although I was cold.

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7  Then someone had me under the armpits and was hauling me to my feet.

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8  For a while there, I thought I was the only person in the world that did.

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9  I was almost two blocks from home then, so I started walking a little faster.

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10  But they only looked alike--- my father was never rough with anyone without meaning to be.

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11  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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12  Like he's never hollering at me all the time the way Darry is, or treating me as if I was six instead of fourteen.

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13  I could tell it was Darry though--- partly because of the voice and partly because Darry's always rough with me without meaning to be.

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14  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.

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15  My father was only forty when he died and he looked twenty-five and a lot of people thought Darry and Dad were brothers instead of father and son.

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16  They had my arms and legs pinned down and one of them was sitting on my chest with his knees on my elbows, and if you don't think that hurts, you're crazy.

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17  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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