He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself. Lois Lowry More Quotes by Lois Lowry More Quotes From Lois Lowry Today is declared an unscheduled holiday. Lois Lowry holidaytoday Every 'no' means you are that much closer to a 'yes. Lois Lowry rejectionmean There is something about that moment, when literature becomes accessible, and a door of the world opens. Lois Lowry literaturedoorsworld Evil can do anything, for a price. Lois Lowry evilcan-do You will be faced, now, with pain of a magnitude that none of us here can comprehend because it is beyond our experience. The Receiver himself was not able to describe it, only to remind us that you would be faced with it, that you would need immense courage. Lois Lowry ablepainwould-be But then everyone would be burdened and pained. They don't want that. And that's the real reason The Receiver is so vital to them, and so honored. They selected me--and you-to lift that burden from themselves. Lois Lowry realwould-bewant The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past. Lois Lowry unexpectedpainpast And here in this room, I re-experience the memories again and again it is how wisdom comes and how we shape our future. Lois Lowry shapesmemoriesrooms 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? Lois Lowry sunshinegivingyears Making lists of reasons was sometimes a good way to figure things out. Lois Lowry listssometimesway 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 Lois Lowry hastepeoplepast I was a sidelines child: never class president, never team captain, never the one with the most valentines in my box. Lois Lowry valentineteamchildren I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field, I realized that what intrigued me was not the science, not the chemistry or biology of medicine, but the narrative - the story of each patient, each illness. Lois Lowry doctorsbrotherthinking The whole world had changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same. "And they lived happily ever after. Lois Lowry ever-afterfairy-taleworld Writing is self employment, so you can make your own schedule. Lois Lowry employmentselfwriting Then I went home to continue my life, which had changed a little, as lives do every day, inching by microspecks forward toward whatever surprises are coming next. Lois Lowry nexthomelittles Now he saw another elephant emerge from the place where it had stood hidden in the trees. Very slowly it walked to the mutilated body and looked down. With its sinuous trunk it struck the huge corpse; then it reached up, broke some leafy branches with a snap, and draped them over the mass of torn thick flesh. Finally it tilted its massive head, raised its trunk, and roared into the empty landscape. Lois Lowry elephantsbodytree It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. Lois Lowry decemberfrightened I have learned over the course of my many years that it is a bad idea, usually, to investigate piteous weeping but always a fine thing to look into a giggle. Lois Lowry looksyearsideas 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. Lois Lowry angrygiversatisfied
