“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
“She would die, Claire realized, before she would give up the love she felt for her son.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“To his surprise, Jean kissed him. So often in the past, teasing, she had said she would, one day. Now she did,… — Lois Lowry 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 Copy Share Image
“...an urge, a need, a passionate yearning to share the warmth with the one person left for him to love.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“I laugh, because he knew what I was thinking, and very few people ever know what I'm thinking.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
So actually, there could be parents-of-the-parents-of-the-parents-of-the parents? — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“She reached for Matty and embraced him. Ordinarily uncomfortable with hugs, he would have stiffened his shoulders and drawn back; but now,… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
-a whole world can lie before someone, if love is there when one wakes. — Lois Lowry 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 Copy Share Image
“Do you love me?" There was an awkward silence for a moment. Then Father gave a little chuckle. "Jonas. You, of all… — Lois Lowry 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 Copy Share Image
“She needs us, for our love, but she doesn’t need us for anything else now.” He swallowed hard and said, “Dying is… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Things could change, Gabe," Jonas went on. "Things could be different. I don't know how, but there must be some way for… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
I liked the feeling of love,' [Jonas] confessed. He glanced nervously at the speaker on the wall, reassuring himself that no one… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Go, " he said. "This is your journey, your battle. Be brave. Find your gift. Use it to save what you love.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
The mind can’t explain it, and you can’t make it go away. It’s called love. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Gabe?" The newchild stirred slightly in his sleep. Jonas looked over at him. "There could be love", Jonas whispered. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
I write books because I have always been fascinated by stories and language, and because I love thinking about what makes people… — 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