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
would-be outsiders wanted
...I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.
hero turns
Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn't 'turn' all of a sudden
someday desperate violent
He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday.
sick trying hey
... Hey, I didn't know you didn't like baloney." I went cold. "I don't like it. I never liked it." Soda just looked at me. "You used to eat it. That's why you wouldn't eat anything while you were sick. You kept saying you didn't like baloney, no matter what it was we were trying to get you to eat." "I don't like it," I repeated.
mean ideas guy
You know a guy a longtime, and I mean really know him, you don't get used to the idea that he's dead just overnight.
hate dont-hate socs
They shouldn't hate each other . . . I don't hate the Socs any more . . . they shouldn't hate . . .
real scared
Dally was so real he scared me.
writing ideas imagination
I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.
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...