He pushed his two feet together and shot his right arm in the air before clicking his two heels together and saying in a deep and clear voice as possible the words he said every time he left a soldiers presence. 'Heil Hitler, ' he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, 'Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon'. John Boyne
Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.
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Scott Westerfeld
I could not think without writing.
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Jean Piaget
Start writing by thinking, not wrestling with words.
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Jonathan Price
If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do.
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
I would walk along the quais when I had finished work or when I was trying to think something out. It was easier to think if I was walking and doing something or seeing people doing something that they understood.
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Ernest Hemingway
More Quotes By John Boyne
...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.
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?
He looked the boy up and down as if he had never seen a child before and wasn't quite sure what he was supposed to do with one: eat it, ignore it or kick it down the stairs.
