tex
taken from the 1979 s.e. hinton book.
why can’t you just tell a nice lie once in a while?
okay, i told you something, now you tell me something.
you’re running a little bit of a fever.
it’s not a rock, it’s a bandage. and don’t move around, your tubes’ll come loose.
come on, it’s okay, you can wake up.
there are people who go places, and people who stay.
have a hamburger. you can have a hamburger, can’t you?
i’m not going to throw away a whole dollar.
you look wore out, ___. you better get some sleep.
this is the worst thing that’ll ever happen to me.
i find it real hard to live politely.
they won’t let me stay with you if you keep talking. you’re supposed to rest.
i thought i was supposed to be the stubborn one in this family.
maybe sometimes things don’t work out. i know i’ll never figure out the “why” of a lot of stuff that’s happened.
i’ve been bashed up pretty good, ___, but i’m going to make it.
it was the first time i realized hurting somebody could feel really good.
you sure know how to cheer people up.
love ought to be a real simple thing.
well, that’s as close to being a ghost as i want to get.
isn’t this a little extreme?
you’re almost looking human again.
i’d like to make somebody sorry.
oh, shit. this is great, this is just great.
___ doesn’t have the sense god gave a goat.
the doctors say you’re going to be okay. that’s not what they were telling us when we got to the emergency room the other night.
maybe we can go to a movie.
you don’t have people depending on you.
well, you look pretty messed up right now. what happened?
that’s all you’re going to get, so don’t ask for any more.
come on, kid, hang in there, we’ll go to the hospital, okay?
in the daytime you aren’t afraid of anything.
go ahead, ___. dump me! everybody else has and i don’t know why you should be any different!
anyhow, it’s a waste of money.
i’ve been going all my life, cowboy.
i think we’re going to get to see a riot.
___, all my life i wanted somebody who knew more than i did to tell me the truth. i really wanted that. i had to learn it all the hard way. i’m just giving you a present i always wanted.
but i don’t think love solves anything.