But then everyone would be burdened and pained. They don't want that. And that's the real reason The Receiver is so vital… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
When I moved from Cambridge, I donated all my fiction. I carefully cut out pages the authors had autographed for me. I… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish they'd ask for my wisdom more often - there are so many things I could tell them; things I… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Kids have no sense of appropriateness. They can ask me whatever they want. You do develop a sense of intimacy with readers,… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
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… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
We live in times that are in many ways ambiguous. Maybe that's why kids want precision in what they read - they… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
So many of my books, I don't want to say they have messages, but they have important things to say. — 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
