I think i'm just breathing, that's all. And there's a difference between breathing and being alive.

Bruno: "Why do you wear pajamas all day?" Shmuel: "The soldiers. They took all our clothes away." Bruno: "My dad's a soldier, but not the sort that takes people's clothes away."

...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.

You’re my best friend, Shmuel,’ he said. ‘My best friend for life.

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.

What exactly was the difference? He wondered to himself. And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms?

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.

Bruno: We're not supposed to be friends, you and me. We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that?

Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier.

Their lost voices must continue to be heard.

Don't make it worse by thinking it's more painful than it actually is.

I've known one thing for a long time: there's a role in the big machine even for someone who makes fun of it.

I believe you to be strictly honorable.'He thoughtfully emptied his cup. 'I wish I could add you were intelligent, ' he went on, knocking on his head with his knuckles.

Running clears my mind, and gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning.

England are looking better value for 0-0.

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that.

Ah, I'm a woman that's been clear around the world in my rocking chair, and I tell you we all get surprises now and then.

If laughter is the best medicine, I promise to continue to make you laugh as my wife and I work together with the National Kidney Foundation to save lives.

In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

With modelling, you go somewhere for 24 hours and you don't even see the city, you don't talk to people or see the culture.

Iraq is a very wealthy country. Enormous oil reserves. They can finance, largely finance the reconstruction of their own country. And I have no doubt that they will.