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> [“If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/if-everything-s-the-same-then-there-aren-t-any-choices-i-want-to-wake/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

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> [“It isn’t fair that nothing has color!” “Not fair?” The Giver looked at Jonas curiously. “Explain what you mean.” “Well . . .” Jonas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/it-isn-t-fair-that-nothing-has-color-not-fair-the-giver-looked-at/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

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> [“Well...," Jonas had to stop and think it through. "If everything's the same, then there are no choices! I want to wake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/well-jonas-had-to-stop-and-think-it-through-if-everything-s-the-same/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

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> [If everyting's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!" (Jonas) "It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/if-everyting-s-the-same-then-there-aren-t-any-choices-i-want-to-wake/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

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## More by Lois Lowry

> [“She's sure, absolutely sure, that what she's waiting for will happen, just the way she wants it to; and I'm so uncertain, so fearful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/she-s-sure-absolutely-sure-that-what-she-s-waiting-for-will-happen/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field, I realized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-medicine-and-was-pleased-when-my/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [“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 stars and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/the-important-thing-is-that-another-medium-stage-film-music-doesn-t/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [Pretending that there are no choices to be made - reading only books, for example, which are cheery and safe and nice - is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/pretending-that-there-are-no-choices-to-be-made-reading-only-books/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [They were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he was angry at himself, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/they-were-satisfied-with-their-lives-which-had-none-of-the-vibrance/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [Nowadays it seems as though people sit down to write what they know is going to be a trilogy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/nowadays-it-seems-as-though-people-sit-down-to-write-what-they-know/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [“Take your pride in your pain. You are stronger than those who have none.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/take-your-pride-in-your-pain-you-are-stronger-than-those-who-have-none/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [“Sometimes we have to hurt people, in order to keep ourselves whole. We must just do it with love, that's all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/sometimes-we-have-to-hurt-people-in-order-to-keep-ourselves-whole-we/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [“Once, back in the time of the memories, everything had a shape and size, the way things still do, but they also had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/once-back-in-the-time-of-the-memories-everything-had-a-shape-and-size/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [“No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule, but was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/no-one-mentioned-such-things-it-was-not-a-rule-but-was-considered/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [When you lose a child in an accident as I did, it's final - you're not caught in this longing for him, to search…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/when-you-lose-a-child-in-an-accident-as-i-did-it-s-final-you-re-not/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [“...and I want you all to remember- that you must not dream yourselves back to the times before the war, but the dream for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/and-i-want-you-all-to-remember-that-you-must-not-dream-yourselves/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [“He saw Forest and understood what Seer had meant. It was an illusion. It was a tangled knot of fears and deceits and dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/he-saw-forest-and-understood-what-seer-had-meant-it-was-an-illusion/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [“Don't grow much more, or you will be taller than I am, little Longlegs!" Annemarie smiled, but Peter's comment was no longer the lighthearted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/don-t-grow-much-more-or-you-will-be-taller-than-i-am-little-longlegs/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

> [“Matty had felt this sensation—the”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/matty-had-felt-this-sensation-the/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

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