“The worse part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“She smiles, and her eyes look as if they can see back into her memory, into all the things that have gone… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“You know, sometimes it's nice to just have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself, even if it doesn't… — 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… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
And here in this room, I re-experience the memories again and again it is how wisdom comes and how we shape our… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by memory and dreams because they are both completely our own. No one else has the same memories.… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“It isn’t fair that nothing has color!” “Not fair?” The Giver looked at Jonas curiously. “Explain what you mean.” “Well . . .” Jonas… — 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
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
Time goes on, and your life is still there, and you have to live it. After a while you remember the good… — 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
