The mind can’t explain it, and you can’t make it go away. It’s called love. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others. — Lois Lowry Control Copy Share Image
What's important is the preparation for adult life, and the training you'll receive in your Assignment. — Lois Lowry Adult life Copy Share Image
People in the know say 'The Giver' was the first young adult dystopian novel. — Lois Lowry Books Copy Share Image
So actually, there could be parents-of-the-parents-of-the-parents-of-the parents? — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Be proud of your pain, for you are stronger than those with none.” — Lois Lowry Pain Copy Share Image
“...what words could you use which would give another the experience of sunshine?” — Lois Lowry Sunshine Copy Share Image
He was free to enjoy the breathless glee that overwhelmed him: the speed, the clear cold air, the total silence, the feeling… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Depth, he decided; as if one were looking into the clear water of the river, down to the bottom, where things might… — Lois Lowry Clear water Copy Share Image
Gathering Blue' was a separate book. I wanted to explore what a society might become after a catastrophic world event. Only at… — Lois Lowry Blue Copy Share Image
Ellen had said that her mother was afraid of the ocean, that it was too cold and too big. The sky was,… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“The man corrected him. "Honor," he said firmly. "I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
One hopes that with a book or movie, the reader or the audience will emerge from it thinking. That's the most you… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Thomas," she suggested, "you and I? We're the ones who will fill in the blank places. Maybe we can make it different.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him; and that they were waiting, too,… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
- My instructors in science and technology have taught us about how the brain works. It's full of electrical impulses. It's like… — Lois Lowry Brain 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 Books 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… — Lois Lowry Big screen Copy Share Image
His mind reeled. Now, empowered to ask questions of utmost rudeness-and promised answers-he could, conceivably (though it was almost unimaginable), ask someone,… — Lois Lowry Adults Copy Share Image
Often in the past, there have been authors that were deeply disappointed in their adaptation, but that's because they haven't accepted the… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Now he saw another elephant emerge from the place where it had stood hidden in the trees. Very slowly it walked to… — Lois Lowry Animal Copy Share Image
When I create characters, I create a world to inhabit and they begin to feel very real for me. I don't belong… — Lois Lowry Character Copy Share Image
As a shy, introverted, scholarly child (long ago) I don't know what I would have done without libraries! My family moved often.… — Lois Lowry Children Copy Share Image
“Oh, sometimes it's just easier to please people," Maria said finally.” — Lois Lowry Community Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing about names, how they become a part of someone. — Lois Lowry Funny Copy Share Image
“When you care about someone and give them something special. Something that they treasire. That's a gift.” — Lois Lowry Care 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 Love Copy Share Image
“Life here is so orderly, so predictable-so painless. It's what they've chosen.” — Lois Lowry Life Copy Share Image
He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
I majored in English in college, so I read the classic dystopian novels like '1984' and 'Brave New World.' — Lois Lowry Books 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
“Take pride in your pain," her mother had always told her. "You are stronger than those who have none.” — Lois Lowry Inspirational 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
“... and she was awed to see that vibrant life still struggled to thrive despite such destruction.” — Lois Lowry Depression Copy Share Image
As female hormones decrease, they're replaced with an overwhelming urge to grow delphinium. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Genius disregards the boundaries of propriety. Genius is permitted to shout if shouting is productive. — Lois Lowry Boundaries Copy Share Image
“...with a rhythmic sound of languid water lapping hypnotically against a beach nearby.” — Lois Lowry River Copy Share Image
