S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Nothing Stay Forever""Nature’s first green is gold,"Her hardest hue to hold."Her early leaf’s a flower;"But only so an hour."Then leaf subsides to leaf."So Eden sank to grief,"So dawn goes down today."Nothing gold can stay.-- Robert Frost"

"I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me."

"Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold."

"It's okay. We aren't in the same class. Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too."