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
“It will help when you learn them. Fear dims when you learn things.” — Lois Lowry Fear Copy Share Image
Things seem more when you’re little. They seem bigger, and distances seem farther. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“There was no fuel now for the homes and apartments in Copenhagen, and the winter nights were terribly cold.” — Lois Lowry Cold Copy Share Image
There are those, I think, who are attracted to the glitz of celebrity life. I am not one of them. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“They have never known pain, he thought. The realization made him feel desperately lonely.” — Lois Lowry Pain Copy Share Image
In my writing, I focus lenses. I'm almost always seeing when I am writing. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Gathering Blue' was a separate book. I wanted to explore what a society might become after a catastrophic world event. Only at… — Lois Lowry Blue 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
“The man corrected him. "Honor," he said firmly. "I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is… — 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
“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
“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 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
“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
I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field,… — Lois Lowry Biology 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
Now he saw another elephant emerge from the place where it had stood hidden in the trees. Very slowly it walked to… — Lois Lowry Animal Copy Share Image
When I create characters, I create a world to inhabit and they begin to feel very real for me. I don't belong… — Lois Lowry Character Copy Share Image
His mind reeled. Now, empowered to ask questions of utmost rudeness-and promised answers-he could, conceivably (though it was almost unimaginable), ask someone,… — Lois Lowry Adults Copy Share Image
So many of my books, I don't want to say they have messages, but they have important things to say. — Lois Lowry Book Copy Share Image
“Why do you and I have to hold these memories?" "It gives us wisdom," The Giver replied.” — Lois Lowry Memory Copy Share Image
It be better, I think, to climb out in search of something, instead of hating, what you're leaving. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
I think teens are drawn to these speculative books that portray what might happen and what could happen. — Lois Lowry Books Copy Share Image
There will always be a place for bunnies to talk in rhyme, but that's not what I do. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“His thoughts seemed to be elsewhere, and his eyes were very troubled.” — Lois Lowry Eyes Copy Share Image
I turn to books for a feeling of companionship: for somebody knowing what I have known. — Lois Lowry Book Copy Share Image
Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none — Lois Lowry Pain Copy Share Image
“And he could see as well that they had not yet approached the worst of it.” — Lois Lowry Mind Copy Share Image
“It was harder for the ones who were waiting, Annemarie knew. Less danger, perhaps, but more fear.” — Lois Lowry Danger Copy Share Image
The whole world had changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same. "And they lived happily ever after, — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Odd, she thought of him as her friend though in truth they had shared only one brief conversation.” — Lois Lowry Friend Copy Share Image
