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I grew up with my cousins, who were as close as brothers, and frankly, I didn't like what girls were expected to do. I liked horseback riding, playing football, going to rodeos. I wanted to be in jeans all the time, and I couldn't figure out why I was supposed to conform to a certain standard, so I didn't.
— S. E. Hinton
Tags: like, riding, football, time

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If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
— S. E. Hinton
Tags: dinner, woman, people, me
I was a tomboy and most of my close friends were male.
— S. E. Hinton
Tags: were, close-friends, most, friends
I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
— S. E. Hinton
Tags: reality, time, you, life
Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to read other books. I am all for it.
— S. E. Hinton
Tags: doing, will, i-am, experience
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.
— S. E. Hinton
Tags: mind, ride, darkness, home
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