Lois Lowry Quotes

The blue was gathered in her hand, and she could feel it quiver, as if it had been given breath and was beginning to live.

The class stared at the new girl with admiration. They had never met anyone like Gooney Bird Greene. She was a good student. She sat down at the desk Mrs. Pidgeon provided, right smack in the middle o...

The community of the Giver had achieved at such great price. A community without danger or pain. But also, a community without music, color or art. And books.

They can't help it. They know nothing

We are four worthy orphans with a no-nonsense nanny.Like Mary Poppins? suggested the man, with a pleased look of recognition.Not like that fly-by-night woman, Nanny said with a sniff. It almost gives...

We thank you for your childhood.

Well..., Jonas had to stop and think it through. If everything's the same, then there are no choices! I want to wake up in the morning and DECIDE things! A blue tunic, or a red one?

You have the colors, The Giver told him. And you have the courage. I will help you to have the strength.

You have more than you know. And people will want what you have.

All of it was ashes now: the smooth wood, the soft edges, the memory of his hands.

And it was lonely, to yearn, all alone.

Any Danish citizen would die for King Christian, to protect him.

But the bicycle stopped. It would not move. He got off and let it drop sideways into thesnow. For a moment he thought how easy it would be to drop beside it himself, to let himself and Gabriel slide i...

Danes had on their windows; the entire city had to be completely darkened at night. In a nearby tree, a bird was singing; otherwise it was quiet. It was the last night of September. Go, now, and get i...

Definitely not safe, Jonas said with certainty. What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong? Or what if, he went on, almost laughing at the absurdity, they chose their own jobs...

Delwyth, Bethan, and Eira be their names—I midwifed each one, same year.

Father? Mother? Jonas asked tentatively after the evening meal. I have a question I want to ask you. What is it, Jonas? his father asked. He made himself say the words, though he felt flushed with emb...

Fear dims when you learn things -Alys

Finally he steeled himself to read the final rule again. He had been trained since earliest childhood, since his earliest learning of language, never to lie. It was an integral part of the learning of...

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