Now he saw another elephant emerge from the place where it had stood hidden in the trees. Very slowly it walked to the mutilated body and looked down. With its sinuous trunk it struck the huge corpse;...
I like being right smack in the middle.
Ellen’s parents? We must help them, too! We couldn’t take all three of them. If the Germans came to search our apartment
Call me The Giver, he told Jonas.
We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.
They can't help it. They know nothing
That had day changed him. It had changed the entire village. Shaken by the death of a boy they had loved, each person found ways to be more worthy of the sacrifice he had made. They had become kinder,...
And she was awed to see that vibrant life still struggled to thrive despite such destruction.
Blue vervain and chamomile,
When would he ever learn to stop saying Look to a man who had no eyes?
Pretending doesn't keep you safe.
Jonas was careful about language.
It will help when you learn them. Fear dims when you learn things.
He hunched his shoulders and tried to make himself smaller in the seat. He wanted to disappear, to fade away, not to exist.
That's why we have the Museum, Matty, to remind us of how we came, and why: to start fresh, and begin a new place from what we had learned and carried from the old.
And we have been told that they may come tonight
You’ve ruined it now, she said, looking sadly at the crumpled spotted wings in Bethan’s outstretched hand. It deserved to live, and to fly.
What did you perceive? The Giver asked. Warmth, Jonas replied
We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences. {...} We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.
Today is declared an unscheduled holiday.