Curtis is a classmate of Bryon and Mark. Initially, Bryon dislikes Curtis because Bryon’s ex-girlfriend Angela broke up with him in order to pursue Curtis. Curtis ignores Angela, however—and one night at a party, Angela convinces a kid to beat up Curtis as revenge. Mark intervenes in the fight and is badly hurt. When Bryon subsequently recognizes that Curtis was oblivious to Angela’s advances, Bryon realizes that he isn’t so bad. At the end of the book, after Bryon stops going out with Cathy, Cathy and Curtis go out together. Curtis is also the protagonist of Hinton’s first novel, The Outsiders.
Ponyboy Curtis Quotes in That Was Then, This Is Now
The That Was Then, This Is Now quotes below are all either spoken by Ponyboy Curtis or refer to Ponyboy Curtis. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8
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“I don’t want anybody to fight the Shepards.”
“What?”
“I don’t want to keep this up, this getting-even jazz. It’s stupid and I’m sick of it and it keeps going in circles. I have had it—so if you’re planning any get-even mugging, forget it.”
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Ponyboy Curtis Quotes in That Was Then, This Is Now
The That Was Then, This Is Now quotes below are all either spoken by Ponyboy Curtis or refer to Ponyboy Curtis. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8
Quotes
“I don’t want anybody to fight the Shepards.”
“What?”
“I don’t want to keep this up, this getting-even jazz. It’s stupid and I’m sick of it and it keeps going in circles. I have had it—so if you’re planning any get-even mugging, forget it.”
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