Hurry through the evening’s last light to the homeplace, where the blind
He remembered the excitement, the conversations at home, wondering about her: how she would look, who she would be, how she would fit into their established family unit.
Felt. Storm.
Eating together as always: Lily chattering away, Mother and Father making their customary
We’re required to learn to swim but we’re not allowed in the river, she found herself telling him.
This is the time, she began, looking directly at them, when we acknowledge differences. You Elevens have spent all your years till now learning to fit in, to standardize your behavior, to curb any imp...
They both walked to the center of the room. Jonas put his tunic back on. 'Goodbye, sir,' he said. 'Thank you for my first day.' The old man nodded to him. He looked drained, and a little sad. 'Sir?' J...
The man that I named The Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every time you place a book in the hands of a child, you do the same thing....
The man corrected him. Honor, he said firmly. I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is not the same as power.
Some of those who had been among the most industrious, the kindest, and the most stalwart citizens of Village now went to the platform and shouted their wish that the border be closed so that 'we' (Ma...
Our gifts are our weaponry,
Now he became aware of an entirely new sensation: pinpricks? No, because they were soft and without pain. Tiny, cold, featherlike feelings peppered his body and face. He put out his tongue again, and...
My work will be finished when I have helped the community to change and become whole.
Most of the people on the night crew had not even been given spouses because they lacked, somehow, the essential capacity to connect to others, which was required for the creation of a family unit.
Jonas repeated it. Love. It was a word and concept new to him.
Its a little like looking at yourself looking in a mirror looking at yourself looking in a mirror.
It was against the rules for children or adults to look at another’s nakedness; but the rule did not apply to newchildren or the Old. Jonas
In the new light, Gabe could see that the weapons had changed. They were broken toys, bits of rusted tin, as if a careless child had left them out in the rain.
I wish I could have a cupcake,
I knew that there had been times in the past-terrible times-when people had destroyed others in haste,in fear, and had brought about their own destruction