"I'm not saying that either Socs or greasers are better; that's just the way things are." (Hinton 3)

"I'm sick of it because it doesn't do any good. You can't win, you know that don't you? You can't win, even if you whip us. You'll still be where you were before-at the bottom. And we'll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. So it doesn't do any good, the fighting and the killing. It doesn't prove a thing. We'll forget if you win, or if you don't. Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs." (Hinton 117)