MY in Classic Quotes

1  A blade was held against my throat.

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2  Then someone had me under the armpits and was hauling me to my feet.

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3  I could feel my palms getting clammy and the perspiration running down my back.

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4  But they only looked alike--- my father was never rough with anyone without meaning to be.

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5  There just isn't a whole lot you can say while waiting to get mugged, so I kept my mouth shut.

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6  I heard a muttered curse and got slugged again, and they were stuffing a handkerchief in my mouth.

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7  It seems funny to me that he should look just exactly like my father and act exactly the opposite from him.

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8  I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman--- he looks tough and I don't--- but I guess my own looks aren't so bad.

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9  Someone put his hand over my mouth, and I bit it as hard as I could, tasting the blood running through my teeth.

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10  I automatically hitched my thumbs in my jeans and slouched, wondering if I could get away if I made a break for it.

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11  I fought to get loose, and almost did for a second; then they tightened up on me and the one on my chest slugged me a couple of times.

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12  WHEN I STEPPED OUT into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.

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13  They had my arms and legs pinned down and one of them was sitting on my chest with his knees on my elbows, and if you don't think that hurts, you're crazy.

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14  It drives my brother Darry nuts when I do stuff like that, 'cause I'm supposed to be smart; I make good grades and have a high IQ and everything, but I don't use my head.'

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15  My hair is longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in back and long at the front and sides, but I am a greaser and most of my neighborhood rarely bothers to get a haircut.

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16  I mean, my second-oldest brother, Soda, who is sixteen-going-on-seventeen, never cracks a book at all, and my oldest brother, Darrel, who we call Darry, works too long and hard to be interested in a story or drawing a picture, so I'm not like them.

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17  If I had thought about it, I could have called Darry and he would have come by on his way home and picked me up, or Two-Bit Mathews--- one of our gang--- would have come to get me in his car if I had asked him, but sometimes I just don't use my head.

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