John Boyne Quotes
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 own business, waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other things are probably better off left alone. Like a dead mouse at the back of the cupboard.
Boyne, John. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. David Fickling Books, 2006, p. 114.
The Prime Minister, as a young child, had immigrated to America:
There is a standby team of experts that go to the site of any transportation accident as soon as it occurs to investigate the incident and learn what could be done better in the future to avoid similar accidents.
John Boyne is an Irish novelist. He is the author of eleven novels for adults and six novels for younger readers. His novels are published in over 50 languages. His 2006 novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was adapted into a 2008 film of the same name.
