Quotes from Lois Lowry

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.

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 sunshine?

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

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

If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!

Teasing's part of the fun that comes before kissing

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.

Gabe?" The newchild stirred slightly in his sleep. Jonas looked over at him. "There could be love", Jonas whispered.

There is something about that moment, when literature becomes accessible, and a door of the world opens.

Today is declared an unscheduled holiday.

He knew that there was no quick comfort for emotions like those. They were deeper and they did not need to be told. They were felt.

now he saw the familiar wide river beside the path differently. He saw all of the light and color and history it contained and carried in its slow - moving water; and he knew that there was an Elsewhere from which it came, and an Elsewhere to which it was going

You may lie.

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

In my writing, I focus lenses. I'm almost always seeing when I am writing.

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 sunshine?

Fear dims when you learn things.

Because of fear, they made shelter and found food and grew things. For the same reason, weapons were stored, waiting.

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

There was just a moment when things weren't quite the same, weren't quite as they had always been through the long friendship