S.e. Hinton Book Quotes & Sayings

It was cliche, he knew, but he meant it classic. — S.E. Hinton

Uh, Miss Carlson," I said, standing at her desk after everybody else had gone on to their next class, "somebody told me you went to that guy's funeral the one the highway patrol shot."
"Yes," SHe said. "I did."
She didn't look like she was mad at me about it. She had real long eyelashes. I bet she was good-looking when she was young.
"Was he a relative or something?" That was what I was afraid of.
"No. Not even a friend really." She paused, like she was hunting for the right words. Finally she said, "I read a book once that ended with the words 'the incommunicable past' You can only share the past with someone who's shared it with you. So I can't explain to you what Mark was to me, exactly. I knew him a long time ago. — S.E. Hinton

I would welcome a friendship with Lynne Hinton. I would welcome an invitation to sit down at her table, but mostly I would welcome her next book. — Maya Angelou

Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold.

--Johnny quoting Robert Frost — S.E. Hinton

I can lie so easily that it spooks me sometimes - Soda says it comes form reading so much. But then, Two-Bit lias all the time too, and he never opens a book. — S.E. Hinton