Quotes from Lois Lowry, The Giver

Honor, ' he said firmly. 'I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is not the same as power.

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

It's just that...without the memories, it's all meaningless.

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

And here in this room, I re-experience the memories again and again it is how wisdom comes and how we shape our future.

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

Why do you and I have to hold these memories?''It gives us wisdom.