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 More Quotes by Lois Lowry More Quotes From Lois Lowry -a whole world can lie before someone, if love is there when one wakes. Lois Lowry inspirational-love love-is lying It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere. Lois Lowry elsewhere book children The writer after all is only half the book, the other half is the reader. Lois Lowry other-half half book As a shy, introverted, scholarly child (long ago) I don't know what I would have done without libraries! My family moved often. I was always the new kid in town. The library always offered me my first and most important friendship: the place where I felt right at home. I still feel that way today, about libraries. Lois Lowry home kids children Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world. Lois Lowry favorite-words kids thinking Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none Lois Lowry stronger pain pride Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come. Lois Lowry nature heart bird He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself. Lois Lowry body tears grief Early on I came to realize something, and it came from the mail I received from kids. That is, kids at that pivotal age, 12, 13 or 14, they're still deeply affected by what they read, some are changed by what they read, books can change the way they feel about the world in general. I don't think that's true of adults as much. Lois Lowry kids book thinking It is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything. Lois Lowry easier brave knows Gabe?" The newchild stirred slightly in his sleep. Jonas looked over at him. "There could be love", Jonas whispered. Lois Lowry sleep Fear dims when you learn things. Lois Lowry If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever. Lois Lowry forever rivers memories 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. Lois Lowry echoes life-changing distance I make up the characters in my books, but of course my consciousness is filled with every child I've ever known, including my two grandchildren, my own kids (I had four) and especially myself as a child, because that person still lives inside me, too. Lois Lowry character book children It be better, I think, to climb out in search of something, instead of hating, what you're leaving. Lois Lowry leaving hate thinking She fell asleep, and it was a sleep as thin as the night clouds, dotted with dreams that came and went like the stars. Lois Lowry stars dream sleep Memory is the happiness of being alone. Lois Lowry time-to-move-on memories Writing is hard work, and fun, and requires you to keep your backside in a chair when you would sometimes like to put it elsewhere. So the only wisdom is the advice to keep at it, I guess. Lois Lowry hard-work writing fun I see all of them. All the colors. Lois Lowry color
