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John Boyne is an Irish novelist, best known for his acclaimed novel "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas." His works span various genres, often exploring themes of history, identity, and morality. He has received numerous literary awards and enjoys an international readership. Here are 31 of his quotes:

And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms? (John Boyne)

" he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, "Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon.

John Boyne

Regrets and apologies are all very well, but 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. They're like brands.

John Boyne

I hope for so much from every book I read. And time and again, I find myself disappointed. I look across my bookshelves and see hundreds of titles which in my memory seem merely mediocre or second-rate. Only occasionally does a novel appear for which I feel a lasting passion, a book that I think could in time become a classic.

John Boyne

War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept.

John Boyne

I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay.

John Boyne

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Occupation: Irish Novelist
Born: April 30, 1971
Quotes count: 31

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