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“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 Bruno decided to make this one of those moments.”
― The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
― The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“...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 Boy in the Striped Pajamas
― The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“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 friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life.”
― The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
"You're my best friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life.”
― The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“. . .only the victims and survivors can truly comprehend the awfulness of that time and place; the rest of us live on the other side of the fence, staring through from our own comfortable place, trying in our own clumsy ways to make sense of it all.”
― The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
― The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“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.”
― The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
― The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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