But then everyone would be burdened and pained. They don't want that. And that's the real reason The Receiver is so vital to them, and so honored. They selected me--and you-to lift that burden from themselves.
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.
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.
Reading is the most important way to prepare for life. - Lois Lowry
Reading is the most important way to prepare for life.
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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