A Quote by John Boyne

. . .only the victims and survivors can truly comprehend the awfulness of that time and place; the rest of us live on the other side of the fence, staring through from our own comfortable place, trying in our own clumsy ways to make sense of it all.

John Boyne

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Awfulness Clumsy Comfortable Comprehend Fence Live Make Make Sense Only Other Our Own Place Rest Sense Side Staring Survivors Through Time Truly Trying Us Victims Ways

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John Boyne
Irish - Novelist
Born: April 30, 1971

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