Don't make it worse by thinking it's more painful than it actually is.

It reminds me of how grandmother always had the right costume for me to wear. You wear the right outfit and you feel like the person you're pretending to be.

The people I see from my window. In the huts, in the distance. They're all dressed the same.' 'Ah, those people,' said Father, nodding his head and smiling slightly. 'Those people...well, they're not people at all, Bruno.' Bruno frowned. 'They're not?' he asked, unsure what Father meant by that.

You’re my best friend, Shmuel,’ he said. ‘My best friend for life.

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.

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 was dropped by my publisher after my first two books. But I always believed in myself.