All Lois Lowry Quotes
- Ellen had said that her mother was afraid of the ocean, that it was too cold and too big. The sky was, too, thought Annemarie.… Afraid
- Of course they needed to care. It was the meaning of everything. Care
- Because of fear, they made shelter and found food and grew things. For the same reason, weapons were stored, waiting. Fear
- She fell asleep, and it was a sleep as thin as the night clouds, dotted with dreams that came and went like the stars. Asleep
- I don't know what you mean when you say 'the whole world' or 'generations before him.'I thought there was only us. I thought there was… Generations
- 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 the choosing that's… Any
- Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come. Bird
- His mind reeled. Now, empowered to ask questions of utmost rudeness-and promised answers-he could, conceivably (though it was almost unimaginable), ask someone, some adult, his… Adult
- What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong? Allowed
- That's why they call you Seer. You see more than most. Call
- -a whole world can lie before someone, if love is there when one wakes. Inspirational
- It's the choosing that's important, isn't it? Choosing
- Even trained for years as they all had been in precision of language, what words could you use which would give another the experience of… All
- - My instructors in science and technology have taught us about how the brain works. It's full of electrical impulses. It's like a computer. If… Brain
- The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past. Colour
- Gabe?" The newchild stirred slightly in his sleep. Jonas looked over at him. "There could be love", Jonas whispered. Funny
- It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere. Book
- He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself Afraid
- There was just a moment when things weren't quite the same, weren't quite as they had always been through the long friendship Been
- Always in the dream, it seemed as if there were a destination: a something--he could not grasp what-that lay beyond the place where the thickness… Awakening
- And here in this room, I re-experience the memories again and again it is how wisdom comes and how we shape our future. Experience
- And it was lonely, to yearn, all alone. All
- The community of the Giver had achieved at such great price. A community without danger or pain. But also, a community without music, color or… Achieved
- Sometimes I wish they'd ask for my wisdom more often - there are so many things I could tell them; things I wish they would… Ask
- It be better, I think, to climb out in search of something, instead of hating, what you're leaving. Better