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

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Source : John Boyne (2012). “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”, p.103, Random House

John Boyne

#Differences Quotes #People Quotes #Uniforms Quotes

“Having been issued the false prospectus of happiness through unlimited sex, modern man concludes, when he is not happy with his life, that his sex has not been unlimited enough. If welfare does not eliminate squalor, we need more welfare; if sex does not bring happiness, we need more sex.”

Source : "All Sex, All the Time". www.city-journal.org. Summer 2000.
“hurt vanity is one of the cruelest of mortal wounds.”
“We weren't put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and improve our state of being.”
“There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.”

Source : "Tamara Mellon's New York Life" by Derek Blasberg, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 12, 2010.
“Im a huge fan of the James Bond genre.”
“You lose with potential.Â You win with performance.”
“He's an old good fighter, he's an intelligent fighter but I wouldn't say he's the best I've ever fought.”
“In a way, a garden is the most useless of creations, the most slippery of creations: it is not like a painting or a piece of sculpture-it won't accrue value as time goes on. Time is its enemy' time passing is merely the countdown for the parting between garden and gardener.”

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