“I didn't understand the war. It was new, and they all said it would be there for a long time, but where… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Kirsti sighed as Annemarie went to the breadbox in the kitchen. “I wish I could have a cupcake,” she said. “A big… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“DAYS WENT BY, and weeks. Jonas learned, through the memories, the names of colors; and now he began to see them all,… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“He had waited a long time for this special December. Now that it was almost upon him, he wasn’t frightened, but he… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“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… — Lois Lowry 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, I realized… — 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 stars and… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Pretending that there are no choices to be made - reading only books, for example, which are cheery and safe and nice - is… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
They were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he was angry at himself, that… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Nowadays it seems as though people sit down to write what they know is going to be a trilogy. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Take your pride in your pain. You are stronger than those who have none.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we have to hurt people, in order to keep ourselves whole. We must just do it with love, that's all.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Once, back in the time of the memories, everything had a shape and size, the way things still do, but they also had a… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule, but was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
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… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“...and I want you all to remember- that you must not dream yourselves back to the times before the war, but the dream for… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
