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It's a wonderful thing to write for children.
— John Boyne
Pavel is not a doctor any more, Bruno' said Maria quietly. 'But he was. In another life. Before he came here
— John Boyne
He decided to talk to the Hopeless Case
— John Boyne
Both boys stayed very quiet for a few minutes, neither one wanting to say anything he might regret.
— John Boyne
I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.
— John Boyne
Nine-year-old boys usually turn ten at some point. It's the nineteen-year-olds who have difficulty turning twenty.
— John Boyne
Neither your mother nor I have any imagination at all and we certainly didn't bring you up to have one
— John Boyne
I think perhaps the adults we become are formed in childhood and there's no way around it.
— John Boyne
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
I think i'm just breathing, that's all. And there's a difference between breathing and being alive.
— John Boyne
the ground for I know not how long. Of course
— John Boyne
Do you think ... ?'I do sometimes, my boy,'admitted the old man. 'When I can't avoid it. — John Boyne
War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept.
— John Boyne
Other things are probably better off left alone. Like a dead mouse at the back of a cupboard.
— John Boyne
Their lost voices Must continue to be heard.
— John Boyne
Bruno: We're not supposed to be friends, you and me. We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that?
— John Boyne
I was dropped by my publisher after my first two books. But I always believed in myself.
— John Boyne
Just because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know.
— John Boyne
Should women read, Miss Caine? There's a question for you. Does it excite them too much?
— John Boyne
Because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know.' Bruno
— John Boyne
And been committed to a home for the bewildered
— John Boyne
It's a big world, isn't it?' said Georgie. 'Do you think they hate each other on other planets too?
— John Boyne
Some things are just sitting there, waiting to be discovered. Other things are probably better off left alone
— John Boyne
Retractable roof, a pair of black, white and red
— John Boyne
Just don't ever tell yourself that you didn't know ... That would be the worst crime of all.
— John Boyne
Of course all this happened a long time ago. And nothing like that could happen again, not in this day and age.
— John Boyne
I suppose books are my real passion in life.
— John Boyne
In that direction only pain lies.
— John Boyne
