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John Boyne quotes: His position, like so many of his ilk, was one of uncontested and unearned respect. His position, like so many of his ilk, was one of uncontested and unearned respect.
John Boyne quotes: It's a wonderful thing to write for children. It's a wonderful thing to write for children.
John Boyne quotes: There is cruelty in the world Eliza, you can see that, can't you?It surrounds us. It breathes on us. We spend our life trying to escape it. There is cruelty in the world Eliza, you can see that, can't you?
It surrounds us. It breathes on us. We spend our life trying to escape it.
John Boyne quotes: Pavel is not a doctor any more, Bruno' said Maria quietly. 'But he was. In another life. Before he came here Pavel is not a doctor any more, Bruno' said Maria quietly. 'But he was. In another life. Before he came here
John Boyne quotes: He decided to talk to the Hopeless Case He decided to talk to the Hopeless Case
John Boyne quotes: People try to glorify war, particularly those who aren't actually fighting in them. People tend to make heroes of those who are fighting in them. People try to glorify war, particularly those who aren't actually fighting in them. People tend to make heroes of those who are fighting in them.
John Boyne quotes: Both boys stayed very quiet for a few minutes, neither one wanting to say anything he might regret. Both boys stayed very quiet for a few minutes, neither one wanting to say anything he might regret.
John Boyne quotes: I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer. I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.
John Boyne quotes: He didn't want to play football. He wanted to be told the truth. He didn't want to play football. He wanted to be told the truth.
John Boyne quotes: What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself. And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms? 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 quotes: A man was standing at the end of the hallway, just outside an open door, from where a great light shone, illuminating him almost as a god. A man was standing at the end of the hallway, just outside an open door, from where a great light shone, illuminating him almost as a god.
John Boyne quotes: Nine-year-old boys usually turn ten at some point. It's the nineteen-year-olds who have difficulty turning twenty. Nine-year-old boys usually turn ten at some point. It's the nineteen-year-olds who have difficulty turning twenty.
John Boyne quotes: A home is not a building or a street or a city or something so artificial as bricks and mortar. A home is where one's family is ... A home is not a building or a street or a city or something so artificial as bricks and mortar. A home is where one's family is ...
John Boyne quotes: Heil Hitler," he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, "Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon. Heil Hitler," he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, "Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon.
John Boyne quotes: Leaving me an orphan like those characters I had spoken of the night before, if one can truly be called an orphan at twenty-one years of age. Leaving me an orphan like those characters I had spoken of the night before, if one can truly be called an orphan at twenty-one years of age.
John Boyne quotes: Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier. Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier.
John Boyne quotes: Neither your mother nor I have any imagination at all and we certainly didn't bring you up to have one Neither your mother nor I have any imagination at all and we certainly didn't bring you up to have one
John Boyne quotes: Those people ... well, they're not people at all, Bruno Those people ... well, they're not people at all, Bruno
John Boyne quotes: I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay. I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay.
John Boyne quotes: Children's authors don't talk down or patronise their younger readers. Children's authors don't talk down or patronise their younger readers.
John Boyne quotes: It is possible, you know, to drift off to an unknown world and find happiness there. Maybe even more happiness than you've ever known before. It is possible, you know, to drift off to an unknown world and find happiness there. Maybe even more happiness than you've ever known before.
John Boyne quotes: I think perhaps the adults we become are formed in childhood and there's no way around it. I think perhaps the adults we become are formed in childhood and there's no way around it.
John Boyne quotes: Bruno. 'In Berlin we had a big house with five floors if you counted the Bruno. 'In Berlin we had a big house with five floors if you counted the
John Boyne quotes: We don't have the luxury of thinking ... Some people make all the decisions for us We don't have the luxury of thinking ... Some people make all the decisions for us
John Boyne quotes: I can't bear to be on a train without a book", she announced. " It's a form of self-defence in a way" . I can't bear to be on a train without a book", she announced. " It's a form of self-defence in a way" .
John Boyne quotes: I think i'm just breathing, that's all. And there's a difference between breathing and being alive. I think i'm just breathing, that's all. And there's a difference between breathing and being alive.
John Boyne quotes: the ground for I know not how long. Of course the ground for I know not how long. Of course
John Boyne quotes: Do you think ... ?'I do sometimes, my boy,'admitted the old man. 'When I can't avoid it. Do you think ... ?
'I do sometimes, my boy,'admitted the old man. 'When I can't avoid it.
John Boyne quotes: It's the countryside. Perhaps this is our holiday home. It's the countryside. Perhaps this is our holiday home.
John Boyne quotes: Life is suffering. Until the great day of judgement, when peace and equanimity may be restored for those who are pure of heart and deed. Life is suffering. Until the great day of judgement, when peace and equanimity may be restored for those who are pure of heart and deed.
John Boyne quotes: War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept. War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept.
John Boyne quotes: Let's just hope we get to come back here someday when all this is over Let's just hope we get to come back here someday when all this is over
John Boyne quotes: 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 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 quotes: Other things are probably better off left alone. Like a dead mouse at the back of a cupboard. Other things are probably better off left alone. Like a dead mouse at the back of a cupboard.
John Boyne quotes: I don't understand why we're not allowed on the oder side of the fence. What's so wrong with us that we can't go there and play? I don't understand why we're not allowed on the oder side of the fence. What's so wrong with us that we can't go there and play?
John Boyne quotes: Their lost voices Must continue to be heard. Their lost voices Must continue to be heard.
John Boyne quotes: What makes a classic is difficult to define. It's entirely subjective, of course. And the term is employed far too promiscuously. What makes a classic is difficult to define. It's entirely subjective, of course. And the term is employed far too promiscuously.
John Boyne quotes: Bruno: We're not supposed to be friends, you and me. We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that? Bruno: We're not supposed to be friends, you and me. We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that?
John Boyne quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's a nice change of pace each time. I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's a nice change of pace each time.
John Boyne quotes: Here's a tip though', he told me, leaning over and pressing a hand into my shoulder. 'If you want to improve your time, run faster. Here's a tip though', he told me, leaning over and pressing a hand into my shoulder. 'If you want to improve your time, run faster.
John Boyne quotes: I was dropped by my publisher after my first two books. But I always believed in myself. I was dropped by my publisher after my first two books. But I always believed in myself.
John Boyne quotes: Bruno was jealous, he had to wear stupid pants en shoes while the boys at the other side of the fence were wearing nice pyjamas al day long Bruno was jealous, he had to wear stupid pants en shoes while the boys at the other side of the fence were wearing nice pyjamas al day long
John Boyne quotes: One single syllable of intimacy and the world is put to rights. One single syllable of intimacy and the world is put to rights.
John Boyne quotes: Just because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know. Just because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know.
John Boyne quotes: Should women read, Miss Caine? There's a question for you. Does it excite them too much? Should women read, Miss Caine? There's a question for you. Does it excite them too much?
John Boyne quotes: Because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know.' Bruno Because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know.' Bruno
John Boyne quotes: But they'd never once invited any of the striped pyjama people to dinner. But they'd never once invited any of the striped pyjama people to dinner.
John Boyne quotes: And been committed to a home for the bewildered And been committed to a home for the bewildered
John Boyne quotes: It's a big world, isn't it?' said Georgie. 'Do you think they hate each other on other planets too? It's a big world, isn't it?' said Georgie. 'Do you think they hate each other on other planets too?
John Boyne quotes: Some things are just sitting there, waiting to be discovered. Other things are probably better off left alone Some things are just sitting there, waiting to be discovered. Other things are probably better off left alone
John Boyne quotes: I am opposed to war, to killing people, to any kind of hatred and violence. I am opposed to war, to killing people, to any kind of hatred and violence.
John Boyne quotes: Retractable roof, a pair of black, white and red Retractable roof, a pair of black, white and red
John Boyne quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Just don't ever tell yourself that you didn't know ... That would be the worst crime of all. Just don't ever tell yourself that you didn't know ... That would be the worst crime of all.
John Boyne quotes: Gretel: Not the type of children I want to play with.Bruno: I could come over on a visit and no one would be any the wiser. Gretel: Not the type of children I want to play with.
Bruno: I could come over on a visit and no one would be any the wiser.
John Boyne quotes: Unless you're very boring, I think most people who've lived long enough have something in their past which will never go away. Unless you're very boring, I think most people who've lived long enough have something in their past which will never go away.
John Boyne quotes: I never really noticed it any more, in the way that one often ignores familiar things, like seat cushions or loved ones. I never really noticed it any more, in the way that one often ignores familiar things, like seat cushions or loved ones.
John Boyne quotes: (J)ust because your version of normal isn't the same as someone else's version doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with you. (J)ust because your version of normal isn't the same as someone else's version doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with you.
John Boyne quotes: Of course all this happened a long time ago. And nothing like that could happen again, not in this day and age. Of course all this happened a long time ago. And nothing like that could happen again, not in this day and age.
John Boyne quotes: I suppose books are my real passion in life. I suppose books are my real passion in life.
John Boyne quotes: In that direction only pain lies. In that direction only pain lies.
John Boyne quotes: I can remember being eight, and I like writing about that age of innocence when children still have a sense of wonder. I can remember being eight, and I like writing about that age of innocence when children still have a sense of wonder.
John Boyne quotes: Don't make it worse by thinking it's more painful than it actually is. Don't make it worse by thinking it's more painful than it actually is.
John Boyne quotes: The dot that became a speck that became a blob that became a figure that became a boy The dot that became a speck that became a blob that became a figure that became a boy
John Boyne quotes: I have always been a lover of the sun, even if, through spending a lifetime in Ireland, I have had little personal connection with it. I have always been a lover of the sun, even if, through spending a lifetime in Ireland, I have had little personal connection with it.
John Boyne quotes: When he closed his eyes, everything around him just felt empty and cold, as if he was in the loneliest place in the world. The middle of nowhere. When he closed his eyes, everything around him just felt empty and cold, as if he was in the loneliest place in the world. The middle of nowhere.

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