Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him; and that they were waiting, too, for the baby.
When would he ever learn to stop saying Look to a man who had no eyes?
No butter,
It wasn’t a practical thing, so it became obsolete when we went to Sameness.
Actually, the chief guardian said in a calm voice, you have no rights at all. But I am going to tell you the decision so that there will be no misunderstanding. The orphan girl Kira will stay. She wil...
Trademaster, he said.....Who is he? Claire asked again.He is Evil. I don't know how else to describe it. He is Evil, and like all evil, he has enormous power. He tempts. He taunts. And he takes.
It’s Peter the goat-herd, murmured Tim in astonishment, right out of Heidi! We can teach him to read and write, and then we’ll all smile and hug and say religious things!
That's all that brave means - not thinking about the dangers. Just thinking about what you must do. Of course you were frightened. I was too, today. But you kept your mind on what you had to do.
If you put pussy willows in water, they’ll blossom and then die. Just put them in the vase alone, and they’ll stay beautiful forever.
In the schoolhouse, Mentor, the schoolteacher, gently tutored a mischievous eight-year-old named Gabe, who had neglected his studies to play and now needed help.
She felt a small shudder of fear. 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. T...
That he had this power frightened him.
Como si dijera: «Ya casi hemos terminado», y ciertamente los chorritos de leche salieron más finos y lentos. Dio un apretón final,
He wasn’t surprised. After the thorny branches had shredded her dress, they had reached for her legs as night fell, and now he could see that she was terribly lacerated. The wounds were deep, and he c...
Suddenly Kira knew that although her door was unlocked, she was not really free.
I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me.
Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of 'The Giver': the world where there are no bad words and no bad deeds. But it is also the world where choice has been taken away and reality...
But what wisdom do you get from hunger? Jonas groaned. His stomach still hurt, though the memory had ended. Some years ago, The Giver told him, before your birth, a lot of citizens petitioned the Comm...
There were more than usual this time. It’s a big group, Matty whispered to the blind man. Yes, I can hear that it is. I wonder if somehow they have begun to hear rumors that we may close.
For me? The very first time I saw beyond? It was an apple.
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