WERE in Classic Quotes

1  They were all as tough as nails and looked it.

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2  Still, lots of times I wondered what other girls were like.

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3  They were the only kind of girls that would look at us, I thought.

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4  His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world.

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5  Some were afraid of us, and remembering Dallas Winston, I didn't blame them.

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6  I heard a muttered curse and got slugged again, and they were stuffing a handkerchief in my mouth.

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7  Then there were shouts and the pounding of feet, and the Socs jumped up and left me lying there, gasping.

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8  Since Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get to stay together only as long as we behave.

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9  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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10  There was a pretty good fight while we were there between a big twenty-three-year-old greaser and a Mexican hitchhiker.

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Context   In Chapter 2

11  I got pretty scared--- I'm kind of small for fourteen even though I have a good build, and those guys were bigger than me.

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Context   In Chapter 1

12  The girls who were bright-eyed and had their dresses a decent length and acted as if they'd like to spit on us if given a chance.

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13  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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Context   In Chapter 1

14  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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Context   In Chapter 1

15  These were a lot of Socs in that class--- I get put into A classes because I'm supposed to be smart--- and most of them thought it was pretty funny.

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16  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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17  We bought Cokes and blew the straws at the waitress, and walked around eyeing things that were lying out in the open until the manager got wise to us and suggested we leave.

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Context   In Chapter 2