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 s….

In 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..

Bruno opened his eyes in wonder at the things he saw. In his imagination he had tough that all the huts were full of happy families, some of whom sat….

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..

He looked down and did something quite out of character for him: he took hold of Shmuel's tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly. "You're my best f….

Their lost voices must continue to be heard..

Just because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know..

... Nine-year-old boys usually turn ten at some point. It's the nineteen-year-olds who have difficulty turning twenty..

Bruno: "Why do you wear pajamas all day?" Shmuel: "The soldiers. They took all our clothes away." Bruno: "My dad's a soldier, but not the sort that t….

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

What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself. And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms?.

Bruno: We're not supposed to be friends, you and me. We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that?.

The thing about exploring is that you have to know whether the thing you've found is worth finding. Some things are just sitting there, minding their….

But still there are moments when a brother and sister can lay down their instruments of torture for a moment and speak as civilized human beings and ….

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 ….

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

Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier..

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 be the kind….

I think i'm just breathing, that's all. And there's a difference between breathing and being alive..

(J)ust because your version of normal isn't the same as someone else's version doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with you..

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..