“There's things that happen in a person's life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there's no forgetting them.”
―
John Boyne
“Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“...Despite the mayhem that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel's hand in his own and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let go.” ― John Boyne , The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“What exactly was the difference? He wondered to himself. And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms?” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Don't make it worse by thinking it's more painful than it actually is.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“The thing about exploring is that you have to know whether the thing you've found is worth finding. Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other things are probably better off left alone. Like a dead mouse at the back of the cupboard.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“He looked down and did something quite out of character for him: he took hold of Shmuel's tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly."You're my best friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Bruno: We're not supposed to be friends, you and me. We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that? ” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Maybe there were no villains in my mother’s story at all. Just men and women, trying to do their best by each other. And failing.” ― John Boyne, The Heart's Invisible Furies
“A line came into my mind, something that Hannah Arendt once said about the poet Auden: that life had manifested the heart's invisible furies on his face.” ― John Boyne, The Heart's Invisible Furies
“. . .only the victims and survivors can truly comprehend the awfulness of that time and place; the rest of us live on the other side of the fence, staring through from our own comfortable place, trying in our own clumsy ways to make sense of it all.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Their lost voices Must continue to be heard.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“I remember a friend of mine once telling me that we hate what we fear in ourselves,” ― John Boyne, The Heart's Invisible Furies
“Perhaps it would be a good idea if everyone just stopped writing for a couple of years and allowed readers to catch up.” ― John Boyne, A Ladder to the Sky
“In his heart, he knew that there was no reason to be impolite to someone, even if they did work for you. There was such a thing as manners after all.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Heil Hitler," he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, "Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Well you've been brought here against your will, just like I have. If you ask me, we're all in the same boat. And it's leaking.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“What you know about women,” replied Maude, “could be written in large font on the back of a postage stamp and there’d still be room for the Lord’s Prayer.” ― John Boyne, The Heart's Invisible Furies
“Just because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
“Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“...Despite the mayhem that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel's hand in his own and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let go.” ― John Boyne , The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“What exactly was the difference? He wondered to himself. And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms?” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Don't make it worse by thinking it's more painful than it actually is.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“The thing about exploring is that you have to know whether the thing you've found is worth finding. Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other things are probably better off left alone. Like a dead mouse at the back of the cupboard.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“He looked down and did something quite out of character for him: he took hold of Shmuel's tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly."You're my best friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Bruno: We're not supposed to be friends, you and me. We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that? ” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Maybe there were no villains in my mother’s story at all. Just men and women, trying to do their best by each other. And failing.” ― John Boyne, The Heart's Invisible Furies
“A line came into my mind, something that Hannah Arendt once said about the poet Auden: that life had manifested the heart's invisible furies on his face.” ― John Boyne, The Heart's Invisible Furies
“. . .only the victims and survivors can truly comprehend the awfulness of that time and place; the rest of us live on the other side of the fence, staring through from our own comfortable place, trying in our own clumsy ways to make sense of it all.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Their lost voices Must continue to be heard.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“I remember a friend of mine once telling me that we hate what we fear in ourselves,” ― John Boyne, The Heart's Invisible Furies
“Perhaps it would be a good idea if everyone just stopped writing for a couple of years and allowed readers to catch up.” ― John Boyne, A Ladder to the Sky
“In his heart, he knew that there was no reason to be impolite to someone, even if they did work for you. There was such a thing as manners after all.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Heil Hitler," he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, "Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Well you've been brought here against your will, just like I have. If you ask me, we're all in the same boat. And it's leaking.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“What you know about women,” replied Maude, “could be written in large font on the back of a postage stamp and there’d still be room for the Lord’s Prayer.” ― John Boyne, The Heart's Invisible Furies
“Just because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know.” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
