Examples:
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. p. 1 Thinks
Didya catch ‘em? p. 12 Says
I kept saving my money for a year, thinking that someday I could buy Mickey Mouse back for Soda. p. 40 Does
“You don’t look old enough to be going to high school,. . p. 23 Buzz and Says
_____________________________________Tuff enough. Wait till I get out, though, so you can keep Darry off my back. p. 18 Says
You ain’t a’woofin’, . p. 53 Says
Man, . . .. if I had worries like that I’d consider myself lucky. I know better now. p. 36 Thinks
One time in biology I had to dissect a worm, and the razor wouldn’t cut, so I used my switchblade. p. 15 Does
It was Johnny I was worried about. p. 102 Thinks Buzz?
Oh,no! No, Johnny, not my hair! p. 71 Says
This church gave me a kind of creepy feeling. What do you call it? Premonition? p. 67 Thinks
I took a deep breath and kept my mouth shut. p. 103 Does
I had never thought about it. Everyone in our neighborhood, even the girls, smoked.
p. 97 Thinks
I wasn’t about to go through that flaming door, so I slammed a big rock through a window and pulled myself in. p. 91 Does
You don’t ever think,. . . not at home or anywhere when it counts. You must think at school, with all those good grades you bring home, . . . but do you ever use your head for common sense? No sirree, bub. p. 13 Buzz and Says
Not even the rattling of the train could keep me awake, and I went to sleep in a hoodlum’s jacket, with a gun lying next to my hand. p. 62 Does
I swear, you three are the bravest kids I’ve seen in a long time. (Jerry) p. 95 Buzz and Says
I don’t know why I handed you that busted bottle. . . You’d never use it. p. 47 Buzz and Says
Darry wheeled around and slapped me so hard that it knocked me against the door. p. 50 Does
You know,. . . I never noticed colors and clouds and stuff until you kept reminding me about them. It seems like they were never there before.” p. 78 Buzz and Says
. . . the next thing I knew I had him [Darrell] around the waist and was squeezing the daylights out of him. p. 98 Does
Dally’s okay. . . . He’d leave you alone if he knew you. p. 26 Buzz and Says
I know. . . . I’m just a little spooked, that’s all. p. 8 Says
Soda looks like your mother did, but he acts exactly like your father. Buzz/Says
