Lois Lowry: Trending quotes

“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”

“For all for children
To whom we entrust the future”

“It's just that… without the memories it's all meaningless.”

“It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.”

“And they are beginning to realize that the world they live in is a place where the right thing is often hard, sometimes dangerous, and frequently unpopular.”

“If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.”

“Memory is the happiness of being alone.”

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”

“It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.”

“We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.”

“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 time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps, it was only an echo.”

“It's the choosing that's important, isn't it?”

“Of course they needed to care. It was the meaning of everything.”

“It is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything.”

“I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid.”

“The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.”

“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 could not change that for them.”

“He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.”

“Teasing's part of the fun that comes before kissing”