All Lois Lowry Quotes
- Once she read a book but found it distasteful because it contained adjectives. Adjectives
- There is something about that moment, when literature becomes accessible, and a door of the world opens. Accessible
- She was the only doctor's wife in Branford, Maine, who hung her wash on an outdoor clothesline instead of putting it through a dryer, because… Bay
- I knew that there had been times in the past-terrible times-when people had destroyed others in haste,in fear, and had brought about their own destruction Been
- Genius disregards the boundaries of propriety. Genius is permitted to shout if shouting is productive. Boundaries
- It is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything. Brave
- He was free to enjoy the breathless glee that overwhelmed him: the speed, the clear cold air, the total silence, the feeling of balance and… Air
- If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever. Forever
- Teasing's part of the fun that comes before kissing Fun
- He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself. Body
- You will be faced, now, with pain of a magnitude that none of us here can comprehend because it is beyond our experience. The Receiver… Able
- Mama was crying, and the rain made it seem as if the whole world was crying. Cry
- I have learned over the course of my many years that it is a bad idea, usually, to investigate piteous weeping but always a fine… Bad
- Now he saw another elephant emerge from the place where it had stood hidden in the trees. Very slowly it walked to the mutilated body… Body
- We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others. Control
- Today is declared an unscheduled holiday. Declared
- I liked the feeling of love,' [Jonas] confessed. He glanced nervously at the speaker on the wall, reassuring himself that no one was listening. 'I… Added
- The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared. Domestic Violence
- For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing. Behind him, across vast distances of space and… Across
- He hunched his shoulders and tried to make himself smaller in the seat. He wanted to disappear, to fade away, not to exist. Disappear
- You remember that I told you it was safer not to know. But,' he went on, as his hands moved wuth their sure and practiced… All
- There's much more. There's all that goes beyond – all ... that is Elsewhere – and all that goes back, and back, and back. I… All
- Then I went home to continue my life, which had changed a little, as lives do every day, inching by microspecks forward toward whatever surprises… Changed
- You will fail. Then they will kill you." - Vandara to Kira, following Kira's trial. Fail
- They were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he was angry at himself, that he… Angry