--- title: "23 Giver Quotes By Lois Lowry" description: "23 Giver quotes by Lois Lowry. Plus more from Lois Lowry and more Giver sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/lois-lowry-978_giver_call-me-the-giver-he-told-jonas-2365942_2365942.png" --- > [“Call me The Giver,” he told Jonas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/call-me-the-giver-he-told-jonas/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/lois-lowry-978_giver_call-me-the-giver-he-told-jonas-2365942_2365942.png) > [He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/he-wept-because-he-was-afraid-now-that-he-could-not-save-gabriel-he/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/lois-lowry-978_afraid_he-wept-because-he-was-afraid-now-that-h_769909.png) > [The mind can’t explain it, and you can’t make it go away. It’s called love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/the-mind-can-t-explain-it-and-you-can-t-make-it-go-away-it-s-called/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/lois-lowry-978_explain_the-mind-can-t-explain-it-and-you-can-t_2564197.png) > [People in the know say 'The Giver' was the first young adult dystopian novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/people-in-the-know-say-the-giver-was-the-first-young-adult-dystopian/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/lois-lowry-978_books_people-in-the-know-say-the-giver-was-the_1842581.png) > [I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/i-feel-sorry-for-anyone-who-is-in-a-place-where-he-feels-strange-and/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/lois-lowry-978_feel_i-feel-sorry-for-anyone-who-is-in-a-plac_433405.png) > [The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/the-life-where-nothing-was-ever-unexpected-or-inconvenient-or-unusual/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/lois-lowry-978_colour_the-life-where-nothing-was-ever-unexpect_2018650.png) > [It's interesting that so many books now are published as the first in a series. It never occurred to me. Although 'The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/it-s-interesting-that-so-many-books-now-are-published-as-the-first-in/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c5/lois-lowry-978_about_it-s-interesting-that-so-many-books-now_1774581.png) > [You will be faced, now, with pain of a magnitude that none of us here can comprehend because it is beyond our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/you-will-be-faced-now-with-pain-of-a-magnitude-that-none-of-us-here/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/lois-lowry-978_able_you-will-be-faced-now-with-pain-of-a-mag_1748779.png) > [People are starting to refer to 'The Giver' as a classic, but I don't know how that is defined. But if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/people-are-starting-to-refer-to-the-giver-as-a-classic-but-i-don-t/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/lois-lowry-978_awe-inspiring_people-are-starting-to-refer-to-the-give_916915.png) > [I tend not to think about audience when I'm writing. Many people who read 'The Giver' now have their own kids who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/i-tend-not-to-think-about-audience-when-i-m-writing-many-people-who/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/lois-lowry-978_audience_i-tend-not-to-think-about-audience-when_153861.png) > [“The man had sat back down in the comfortable upholstered chair. He moved his shoulders around as if to ease away an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/the-man-had-sat-back-down-in-the-comfortable-upholstered-chair-he/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/412/lois-lowry-978_giver_the-man-had-sat-back-down-in-the-comfort_657577.png) > [Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of 'The Giver': the world where there are no bad words and no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/submitting-to-censorship-is-to-enter-the-seductive-world-of-the-giver/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/lois-lowry-978_censorship_submitting-to-censorship-is-to-enter-the_1110116.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/lois-lowry-978_choice_if-everyting-s-the-same-then-there-aren_2691010.png) > [I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/i-think-the-giver-is-such-a-moral-book-so-filled-with-important/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/lois-lowry-978_believe_i-think-the-giver-is-such-a-moral-book-s_1922721.png) > [The man that I named the Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/the-man-that-i-named-the-giver-passed-along-to-the-boy-knowledge/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/lois-lowry-978_acceptance_the-man-that-i-named-the-giver-passed-al_432764.png) > [I write books because I have always been fascinated by stories and language, and because I love thinking about what makes people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/i-write-books-because-i-have-always-been-fascinated-by-stories-and/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/lois-lowry-978_age_i-write-books-because-i-have-always-been_2954193.png) > [“But why can't everyone have the memories? I think it would seem a little easier if the memories were shared. You and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/but-why-can-t-everyone-have-the-memories-i-think-it-would-seem-a/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/lois-lowry-978_giver_but-why-can-t-everyone-have-the-memories_2815920.jpg) > [“The man that I named The Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/the-man-that-i-named-the-giver-passed-along-to-the-boy-knowledge-2/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c96/lois-lowry-978_books_the-man-that-i-named-the-giver-passed-al_1461880.jpg) > [When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words.' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/when-i-wrote-the-giver-it-contained-no-so-called-bad-words-it-was-set/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/lois-lowry-978_attention_when-i-wrote-the-giver-it-contained-no-s_2117009.jpg) > [“A stage adaptation of The Giver has been performed in cities and towns across the USA for years. More recently an opera…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/a-stage-adaptation-of-the-giver-has-been-performed-in-cities-and/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/lois-lowry-978_big-screen_a-stage-adaptation-of-the-giver-has-been_422125.png) > [“The man that I named The Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/the-man-that-i-named-the-giver-passed-along-to-the-boy-knowledge-3/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/lois-lowry-978_books_the-man-that-i-named-the-giver-passed-al_1484866.png) > [Gathering Blue' was a separate book. I wanted to explore what a society might become after a catastrophic world event. Only at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/gathering-blue-was-a-separate-book-i-wanted-to-explore-what-a-society/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/lois-lowry-978_blue_gathering-blue-was-a-separate-book-i-wan_1468375.png) > [The community of the Giver had achieved at such great price. A community without danger or pain. But also, a community without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/the-community-of-the-giver-had-achieved-at-such-great-price-a/) [Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/lois-lowry-978_art_the-community-of-the-giver-had-achieved_2406268.png) ## Other authors on Giver ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/giver/lois-lowry/#itemlist", "name": "23 Giver Quotes By Lois Lowry", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Call me The Giver,” he told Jonas.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois Lowry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/call-me-the-giver-he-told-jonas/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/lois-lowry-978_giver_call-me-the-giver-he-told-jonas-2365942_2365942.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/lois-lowry-978_giver_call-me-the-giver-he-told-jonas-2365942_2365942.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/lois-lowry-978_giver_call-me-the-giver-he-told-jonas-2365942_2365942.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Call me The Giver,” he told Jonas.” — Lois Lowry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. 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