"...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."
- John Boyne
"People spoke in whispers, as if the war was listening"
- Chris Cleave
"He sweeps her hair back from her ears; he swings her above his head. He says she is his émerveillement. He says he will never leave her, not in a million years."
- Anthony Doerr
"Because they are ignorant and their parents are ignorant. Because they don’t know any better.” Pastel Orphans"
- Gemma Liviero
"Ari: The serial number was now my new name. I was dehumanized. I was branded like an animal, but was treated worse. This is what racism can do to people."
- Christopher Huh
"Waves of ice cold shock swept over Theo.Mrs. Dietrich, the woman who fed him chocolate cookies every time she pulled a sliver from his finger, the woman who’d tended him through every sickness and ill..."
- Jess Schira