Early on I came to realize something, and it came from the mail I received from kids. That is, kids at that pivotal age, 12, 13 or 14, they're still deeply affected by what they read, some are changed by what they read, books can change the way they feel about the world in general. I don't think that's true of adults as much.
Fear dims when you learn things. - Lois Lowry
Fear dims when you learn things.
- Lois Lowry
-a whole world can lie before someone, if love is there when one wakes. - Lois Lowry
-a whole world can lie before someone, if love is there when one wakes.
Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world. - Lois Lowry
Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world.
People in the know say The Giver was the first young adult dystopian novel. - Lois Lowry
People in the know say The Giver was the first young adult dystopian novel.
Reading is the most important way to prepare for life. - Lois Lowry
Reading is the most important way to prepare for life.
It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere. - Lois Lowry
It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.
There is something about that moment, when literature becomes accessible, and a door of the world opens. - Lois Lowry
There is something about that moment, when literature becomes accessible, and a door of the world opens.
For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure. - Lois Lowry
For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure.
Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none - Lois Lowry
Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none
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