"I liked the feeling of love," [Jonas] confessed. He glanced nervously at the speaker on the wall, reassuring himself that no one was listening. "I wish we still had that," he whispered. "Of course," he added quickly, "I do understand that it wouldn't work very well. And that it's much better to be organized the way we are now. I can see that it was a dangerous way to live." [...] "Still," he said slowly, almost to himself, "I did like the light they made. And the warmth."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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