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

...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.

Neither your mother nor I have any imagination at all and we certainly didn't bring you up to have one

Children's authors don't talk down or patronise their younger readers.

It's a wonderful thing to write for children.

This was not of the nature of a Christlike lesson for Owen Meany to learn, as he lay in the manger, that someone you hate can give you a hard-on.