I can't bear to be on a train without a book", she announced. " It's a form of self-defence in a way" .

...Despite the mayhem that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel's hand in his own and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let go.

The dot that became a speck that became a blob that became a figure that became a boy

We 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.

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.

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.

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.