“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.”

— John Boyne

Source: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

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Irish novelist, author of children's and youth fiction 1971

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