I don't know what you mean when you say 'the whole world' or 'generations before him.'I thought there was only us. I thought there was only now. Lois Lowry More Quotes by Lois Lowry More Quotes From Lois Lowry I tend not to think about audience when I'm writing. Many people who read "The Giver" now have their own kids who are reading it. Even from the beginning, the book attracted an audience beyond a child audience. Lois Lowry reading book children He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself Lois Lowry gabriel giver - My instructors in science and technology have taught us about how the brain works. It's full of electrical impulses. It's like a computer. If you stimulate one part of the brain with an electrode, it... - They know nothing. Lois Lowry taught-us technology brain It's the choosing that's important, isn't it? Lois Lowry giver important If everyting's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!" (Jonas) "It's the choosing that's imortant, isn't it?" The Giver asked him. Lois Lowry wake-up choices morning His mind reeled. Now, empowered to ask questions of utmost rudeness-and promised answers-he could, conceivably (though it was almost unimaginable), ask someone, some adult, his father perhaps: "Do you lie?" But he would have no way of knowing if the answer he received was true. Lois Lowry knowing father lying That's why they call you Seer. You see more than most. Lois Lowry seers Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with difference. We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others. Lois Lowry sunshine color letting-go What's important is the preparation for adult life, and the training you'll receive in your Assignment. Lois Lowry training preparation important Reading is the most important way to prepare for life. Lois Lowry important reading way I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person. Lois Lowry action book thinking I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to suppress it, to keep it from kids. Lois Lowry believe kids book But there's a whole world waiting, still, and there are good things in it. Lois Lowry waiting life world I turn to books for a feeling of companionship: for somebody knowing what I have known. Lois Lowry knowing feelings book Things seem more when you’re little. They seem bigger, and distances seem farther. Lois Lowry distance bigger littles I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid. Lois Lowry strange stupid sorry For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure. Lois Lowry punishment community decision I would say that most of my books are contemporary realistic fiction... a couple, maybe three, fall into the 'historic fiction' category. Science fiction is not a favorite genre of mine, though I have greatly enjoyed some of the work of Ursula LeGuin. I haven't read much science fiction so I don't know other sci-fi authors. Lois Lowry couple book fall So actually, there could be parents-of-the-parents-of-the-parents-of-the parents? Lois Lowry parent The mind can’t explain it, and you can’t make it go away. It’s called love. Lois Lowry giver going-away mind
