Where it comes from, as Ponyboy tells us, is the poem by Robert Frost, Nothing Gold Can Stay, which he wrote in 1923 (happy 101st birthday). Think about that. A poet from New England wrote some ...

Inspired by Robert Frost’s poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay," it's a line told to protagonist Ponyboy Curtis by close friend Johnny Cade during one of the story's most pivotal moments. Adapting the ...