- Page 8, “They didn’t hurt you too bad did they?”
- Page 16, “Soda always takes up for me”
- Page 33, “When you’re in a gang, you stick up for the other members. If you don’t stick up for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn’t a gang anymore.”
- Page 147, “The truth of the last statement hit me. We couldn’t get along without him.”
- This quote shows that when a member gets hurt the gang comes together and checks up on the injured member.
- This quote shows that Soda protects Ponyboy as a brother, whereas Dally acts as his father.
- This quote shows the closeness and brotherliness of the gang members.
- This quote shows that the gang cannot live harmoniously without Johnny, it shows that the relationship between one member and another is very close.
