Lois Lowry Quotes

The freedom to choose where to spend those hours had always seemed a wonderful luxury to Jonas; other hours of the day were so carefully regulated.

A stage adaptation of The Giver has been performed in cities and towns across the USA for years. More recently an opera has been composed and performed. And soon there will be a film. Does The Giver h...

He turned his head toward the voice and looked into the half-closed eyes of a boy who seemed not much older than himself. Dirt streaked the boy's face and his matted blond hair. He lay sprawled, his g...

He hunched his shoulders and tried to make himself smaller in the seat. He wanted to disappear, to fade away, not to exist.

He had waited a long time for this special December. Now that it was almost upon him, he wasn’t frightened, but he was . . . eager, he decided. He was eager for it to come. And he was excited, certain...

It was harder for the ones who were waiting, Annemarie knew. Less danger, perhaps, but more fear.

This evening he almost would have preferred to keep his feelings hidden. But it was, of course, against the rules.

Over and over. They be making me remember everythings. Me old songs, they just be natural. But now they be stuffing new things into me and this poor head hurts horrid.

Mine. Kira had stood silently, embarrassed but proud, as the guardian examined the threading she had done. He made no comment, simply nodded and returned the small piece to her. But his eyes had been...

It's just that...without the memories, it's all meaningless.

Somehow the first little Caleb had wandered away unnoticed,

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? Frightening, isn’t it? The Giver said. Jonas c...

Fear was always a part of life for the people. Because of fear, they made shelter and found food and grew things. For the same reason, weapons were stored, waiting. There was fear of cold, of sickness...

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.

If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!

¿Tú insinuabas, Jonás, que quizá no era valiente? Yo no sé qué es la valentía: qué es, qué significa. Lo que sé es que yo estaba aquí paralizado por el horror, deshecho de no poder hacer nada. Y oí qu...

Satisfaction.

Sometimes we have to hurt people, in order to keep ourselves whole. We must just do it with love, that's all.

Together the fugitives slept though the first dangerous day.

You suggested, Jonas, that perhaps she wasn't brave enough? I don't know about bravery: what it is, what it means. I do know that I sat here numb with horror. Wretched with helplessness. And I listene...