"We wear our hair long and dress in blue jeans and T-shirts, or leave our shirttails out and wear leather jackets and tennis shoes or boots. I'm not saying that either Socs or Greasers are better; that's just the way things are”.

"That's why people don't ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us.We look hoody and they look decent."

"I could smell English Leather Shaving lotion and stale tobacco,and I wondered foolishly if I would suffocate before they did anything"