S. E. Hinton
S. E. Hinton
Susan Eloise Hintonis an American writer best known for her young-adult novels set in Oklahoma, especially The Outsiders, which she wrote during high school. In 1988 she received the inaugural Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association for her cumulative contribution in writing for teens...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth22 July 1948
CountryUnited States of America
gang reason needed
We couldn't get along without him. We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason.
regret
...but I've never regretted it. You can't regret experience.
jazz rumble knows
You know the rules. No jazz before a rumble.
outsiders
let's do it for Johnny
insane innate
Even the most primite societies have an innate resepect for the insane.
hurt outsiders looks
You get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you...
stars believe sunset
Suddenly it wasn't only a personal thing to me. I could picture hundreds and hundreds of boys living on the wrong sides of cities, boys with black eyes who jumped at their own shadows. Hundreds of boys who maybe watched sunsets and looked at stars and ached for something better. I could see boys going down under street lights because they were mean and tough and hated the world, and it was too late to tell them that there was still good in it, and they wouldn't believe you if you did.
book ruins
Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
movie home two
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.
real sunset west
Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.
kids wish answers
I used to be sure of things. Me, once i had all the answers. I wish i was a kid again, when i had all the answers
life years sight
Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.
real fighting self
There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.
persons
the person in this picture is really me.