That day had changed him. It had changed the entire village. Shaken by the death of a boy they had loved, each person had found ways to be more worthy of the sacrifice he had made. They had become kin...
There would be no way for anyone to get caught in the act of wondering,
Burden.
Well, things change. I just have to learn to adjust to what they change to. One
We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.
Walter cares more about what a book has to say than he does about whether he can turn it into a stuffed animal or a calendar or a movie.
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.
Suddenly Kira knew that although her door was unlocked, she was not really free.
Occasionally
Mama was laughing quietly. I remember, too, she said. Sometimes she wet the bed in the middle of the night! I did not! Kirsti said haughtily from the bedroom doorway. I never, ever did that!
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.
I cooked for him like a wife and washed his clothes and was a wife in other ways too terrible to mention.
I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me.
He thrust his tongue into his cheek, wrinkled his nose and creased his forehead. He made a chortling sound.
He began saying chugga chugga chugga when he walked down the hall of the apartment. He was practicing being trained.
Forgetting her promise of no questions, Littlest suddenly asked, Might we be human? But Fastidious did not reply.
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...
Rule,
To his surprise, Jean kissed him. So often in the past, teasing, she had said she would, one day. Now she did, and it was a quick and fragrant touch to his lips that gave him courage and, even before...
They sat silently for a moment.