Very slowly he turned his head back to look at Shmuel, who wasn't crying anymore, merely staring at the floor and looking as if he was trying to convince his soul not to live inside his tiny body anymore, but to slip away and sail to the door and rise up into the sky, gliding through the clouds until it was very far away.'' -The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
John BoyneWe all are [normal]. Their idea of normal just happens to be different to some other people's idea of normal. But this is the world we live in. Some people simply cannot accept something that is outside of their experience.
John BoyneI can't bear to be on a train without a book", she announced. " It's a form of self-defence in a way" .
John BoyneIn 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 BoyneThere'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