Because I have two houses, I invariably get immersed in a book and then discover it's at the other house. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Dying is a very solitary thing. The only thing we can do it be there when she wants us there.” — Lois Lowry Death Copy Share Image
“He saw nothing except the endless ribbon of road unfolding in twisting narrow curves.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“She would die, Claire realized, before she would give up the love she felt for her son.” — Lois Lowry Love Copy Share Image
Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come. — Lois Lowry Bird Copy Share Image
“Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself. — Lois Lowry Body Copy Share Image
Ellen had said that her mother was afraid of the ocean, that it was too cold and too big. The sky was,… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Depth, he decided; as if one were looking into the clear water of the river, down to the bottom, where things might… — Lois Lowry Clear water Copy Share Image
“You’ve ruined it now,” she said, looking sadly at the crumpled spotted wings in Bethan’s outstretched hand. “It deserved to live, and… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him; and that they were waiting, too,… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
The community of the Giver had achieved at such great price. A community without danger or pain. But also, a community without… — Lois Lowry Art Copy Share Image
“Thomas," she suggested, "you and I? We're the ones who will fill in the blank places. Maybe we can make it different.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
One hopes that with a book or movie, the reader or the audience will emerge from it thinking. That's the most you… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“All of it was new to him. After a life of Sameness and predictability, he was awed by the surprises that lay… — Lois Lowry Life Copy Share Image
“But suddenly Jonas had noticed, following the path of the apple through the air with his eyes, that the piece of fruit… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“It isn’t fair that nothing has color!” “Not fair?” The Giver looked at Jonas curiously. “Explain what you mean.” “Well . . .” Jonas… — Lois Lowry Choice Copy Share Image
“The man that I named The Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every… — Lois Lowry Books Copy Share Image
“The important thing is that another medium—stage, film, music—doesn’t obliterate a book. The movie is here now, on a big screen, with… — Lois Lowry Big screen Copy Share Image
- My instructors in science and technology have taught us about how the brain works. It's full of electrical impulses. It's like… — Lois Lowry Brain Copy Share Image
“Some of those who had been among the most industrious, the kindest, and the most stalwart citizens of Village now went to… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words.' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian… — Lois Lowry Attention Copy Share Image
“It was as simple as that. Once he had yearned for choice. then, when he had had a choice, he had made… — Lois Lowry Choice Copy Share Image
