“ Neither your mother nor I have any imagination at all and we certainly didn't bring you up to have one ”
...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.
~ John Boyne
He didn't want to play football. He wanted to be told the truth.
Don't make it worse by thinking it's more painful than it actually is.
What exactly was the difference? He wondered to himself. And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms?