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S. E. Hinton
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S. E. Hinton
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 22
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
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Get smart and nothing can touch you.
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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.
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I was a tomboy and most of my close friends were male.
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...but I've never regretted it. You can't regret experience.
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Johnny almost grinned as he nodded. Tuff enough, he managed, and by the way his eyes were glowing, I figured Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.
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But Dally, heaters kill people! Ya' kill 'em with switchblades to, don'tcha?
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Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.
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It's okay. We aren't in the same class. Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too.
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