Lois Lowry quotes

Gabe?" The newchild stirred slightly in his sleep. Jonas looked over at him. "There could be love", Jonas whispered. (Lois Lowry)
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 only now. View quote
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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 you stimulate one part of the brain with an electrode, it... - They know nothing. View quote
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It's hard to give up the being together with someone. View quote
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There was just a moment when things weren't quite the same, weren't quite as they had always been through the long friendship. View quote
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The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared. View quote
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Teasing's part of the fun that comes before kissing. View quote
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It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere. View quote
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Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world. View quote
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There is something about that moment, when literature becomes accessible, and a door of the world opens. View quote
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Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of 'The Giver': the world where there are no bad words and no bad deeds. But it is also the world where choice has been taken away and reality distorted. And that is the most dangerous world of all. (Lois Lowry)
Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come. View quote
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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 art. And books. View quote
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Fear dims when you learn things. View quote
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It is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything. View quote
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Memory is the happiness of being alone. View quote
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The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past. View quote
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People do things that turn out badly, often for the most benevolent of reasons. View quote
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Today is declared an unscheduled holiday. View quote
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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. The whole world was: too cold, too big. And too cruel. View quote
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He hunched his shoulders and tried to make himself smaller in the seat. He wanted to disappear, to fade away, not to exist. (Lois Lowry)
What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong? View quote
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She fell asleep, and it was a sleep as thin as the night clouds, dotted with dreams that came and went like the stars. View quote
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He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself. View quote
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Mama was crying, and the rain made it seem as if the whole world was crying. View quote
Lois Lowry