“ Jonas went and sat beside them while his father untied Lily's hair ribbons and combed her hair. He placed one hand on each of their shoulders. With all of his being he tried to give each of them a pie… Lois Lowry
“ Things could change, Gabe, Jonas went on. Things could be different. I don't know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colors. And grandparents, he added, staring… Lois Lowry
“ He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself Lois Lowry
“ He remembered that in the art books he had leafed through at Leader's, many paintings depicted death. A severed head on a platter. A battle, and the ground strewn with bodies. Swords and spears and fi… Lois Lowry
“ The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past. Lois Lowry
“ But to use the knowledge of the threading, you must learn the making of the shades. When to sadden with the iron pot. How to bloom the colors. How to bleed. Lois Lowry
“ When you care about someone and give them something special. Something that they treasire. That's a gift. Lois Lowry
“ Some books had shiny pages that showed paintings of landscapes unlike anything Matty had ever seen, or of people costumed in odd ways, or of battles, and there were many quiet painted scenes of a woma… Lois Lowry
“ He called after her as she walked away on the path. Alys? Why were we dancing?Take your mind there again, she called back. You'll remember!To herself she murmured, shaking her head with amusement as h… Lois Lowry
“ Maybe someday, if I succeed at something, I'll stop saying, It isn't fair about everything else. Lois Lowry
“ Dangers were no more than odd imaginings, like ghost stories that children made up to frighten one another: things that couldn't possibly happen. Lois Lowry
“ It was because someone who was a real friend was having the exact same feelings I was having, about something that was more important to me than anything else. I bet there are people who go through a… Lois Lowry
