“Dally raised the gun, and I thought: You blasted fool. They don't know you're only bluffing. And even as the policemen's guns spit fire into the night I knew that was what Dally wanted. He was jerked half around by the impact of the bullets, then slowly crumpled with a look of grim triumph on his face. He was dead before he hit the ground. But I knew that was what he wanted, even as the lot echoed with the cracks of shots, even as I begged silently--- Please, not him... not him and Johnny both ---I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.” DeathSadDepressingSpoilerGut WrenchingPonyboy CurtisDally Winston Book:The Outsiders Source: The Outsiders
“Dally didn’t die a hero. He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he’d die someday. . . . But Johnny was right. He died gallant.” DeathLossSacrificeYouthLoyaltyTragicRealismAntiheroDallas Winston Book:The Outsiders Source: The Outsiders
“He'll have to do without me, Jamie thought, not looking back. And then clearly, as if he'd been told, he knew Grenville /could/ do without him. There was somewhere else he had to go now, somewhere else he had to be.” LifeLightDeathDarkEmotionalVampireSailorAsylumMental Hospital Book:Hawkes Harbor Source: Hawkes Harbor