John Boyne Quotes
Top 67 wise famous quotes and sayings by John Boyne
John Boyne Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from John Boyne on Wise Famous 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.
It surrounds us. It breathes on us. We spend our life trying to escape it.
Pavel is not a doctor any more, Bruno' said Maria quietly. 'But he was. In another life. Before he came here
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.
What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself. And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms?
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.
Nine-year-old boys usually turn ten at some point. It's the nineteen-year-olds who have difficulty turning twenty.
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 ...
Heil Hitler," he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, "Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon.
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.
Neither your mother nor I have any imagination at all and we certainly didn't bring you up to have one
I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay.
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.
I can't bear to be on a train without a book", she announced. " It's a form of self-defence in a way" .
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.
War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept.
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.
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?
What makes a classic is difficult to define. It's entirely subjective, of course. And the term is employed far too promiscuously.
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.
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.
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.
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
Some things are just sitting there, waiting to be discovered. Other things are probably better off left alone
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.
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.
Bruno: I could come over on a visit and no one would be any the wiser.
Unless you're very boring, I think most people who've lived long enough have something in their past which will never go away.
I never really noticed it any more, in the way that one often ignores familiar things, like seat cushions or loved ones.
(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.
Of course all this happened a long time ago. And nothing like that could happen again, not in this day and age.
I can remember being eight, and I like writing about that age of innocence when children still have a sense of wonder.