Lois Lowry Quotes

Artist?' Thomas suggested. 'That's a word. I've never heard anyone say it, but I've read it in some of the books. It means, well, someone who makes something beautiful. Would that be a word?

Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen.

Sometimes I wish they'd ask for my wisdom more often - there are so many things I could tell them; things I wish they would change. But they don't want change. Life here is so orderly, so predictable...

Be proud of your pain, for you are stronger than those with none.

JONAS RECEIVER OF MEMORY Go immediately at the end of school hours each day to the Annex entrance behind the House of the Old and present yourself to the attendant. Go immediately to your dwelling at...

So, Herbalist said with a smile, you can’t dance or chew meat. But if you can hear the birds sing and watch the wind in the leaves, then you still have much pleasure left.

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.

Birthmother was an important job, if lacking in prestige.

Take your pride in your pain. You are stronger than those who have none.

Odd, she thought of him as her friend though in truth they had shared only one brief conversation.

Oh! Lovely! said Nanny. You are an old fashioned family, like us. We are four worthy orphans with a no-nonsense nanny. Like Mary Poppins? suggested the man, with a pleased look of recognition. Not one...

There was no fuel now for the homes and apartments in Copenhagen, and the winter nights were terribly cold.

There are only three weeks left, Matty. After the border closes it will be too late. She won't be allowed to come. You must bring her here before that happens.If you don't, Matty, I will never see her...

The whole world had changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same. And they lived happily ever after,

They sat silently for a moment.

That's why they call you Seer. You see more than most.

Artist? Thomas suggested. That’s a word. I’ve never heard anyone say it, but I’ve read it in some of the books. It means, well, someone who is able to make something beautiful. Would that be the word?

She reached for Matty and embraced him. Ordinarily uncomfortable with hugs, he would have stiffened his shoulders and drawn back; but now, from exhaustion and affection, he held Kira and to his own am...

But they don't want change. Life here is so orderly, so predictable-so painless. It's what they've chosen.

SHREK Written by William Steig & Ted Elliott SHREK Once upon a time there was a lovely princess. But she had an enchantment upon her of a fearful sort which could only be broken by love's first kis...