Greaser ' didn't have anything to do with it. My buddy over there wouldn't have done it. Maybe you would have done the same thing, maybe a friend of yours wouldn't have. It's the individual.

I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.

Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.

Nothing sparkly can stay.

Asleep, he looked a lot younger than going-on-seventeen, but I had noticed that Johnny looked younger when he was asleep too, so I figured everyone did. Maybe people are younger when they are asleep.

He sure put things into words good.

I guess he had listened to more beefs and more problems from more people than any of us. A guy that'll really listen to you, listen and care about what you're saying, is something rare.

I´d rather have anybody´s hate than their pity

We saw the same sunset.

Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold.--Johnny quoting Robert Frost

Maybe people are younger when they sleep.

So Jesus in the throes of his Passion is an image of hope: God is on the side of those who suffer.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

Prayer offered without faith by a person that doesn't truly believe God exists will not be effective. Sin in our lives that we refuse to confess will also render our prayers ineffective.

Difficult People? I don't really know. I don't have those metrics.

Life might take you down different roads. But each of you gets to decide which one to take.

Sometimes I can be distracted by the glamour and the fabulousness.

I have to give people time to take a picture, and sign autographs. I have to be generous to people. It is in my heart. Without that, I would not be Manny Pacquiao.

When you have your passion, you never even think about other things. It's tunnel vision. You go until you get it.

Next to God, love is the word most mangled in every language. The highest form of regard between two people is friendship, and when love enters, friendship dies.

Truth gives no advantage. It gives no higher status, no power over others; all you get is truth and freedom from the false.