“Maybe there were no villains in my mother’s story at all. Just men and women, trying to do their best by each… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“For a moment he considered running across the platform to tell people about the empty seats in the carriage, but he decided… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
The people I see from my window. In the huts, in the distance. They're all dressed the same.' 'Ah, those people,' said… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“You are not there, Father,” I cried. “I wake up at Gaudlin Hall, I spend most of my day there, I sleep… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“Neither your mother nor I have any imagination at all and we certainly didn't bring you up to have one” — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“It's so unfair, I don't see whij I have to be stuck over here on this side of the fence where there's… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“Bruno was jealous, he had to wear stupid pants en shoes while the boys at the other side of the fence were wearing nice… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
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… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“Maybe there were no villains in my mother’s story at all. Just men and women, trying to do their best by each other. And… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I think that books for young people should have serious and important themes, they shouldn't be trivial. So the books I write, they would… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
Just because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know. — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“Every man is afraid of women as far as I can see,” said Julian, displaying an understanding of the universe far beyond his years.… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay. But… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“For a moment he considered running across the platform to tell people about the empty seats in the carriage, but he decided not to… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
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… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“Pavel is not a doctor any more, Bruno' said Maria quietly. 'But he was. In another life. Before he came here” — John Boyne Copy Share Image