So actually, there could be parents-of-the-parents-of-the-parents-of-the parents? Lois Lowry More Quotes by Lois Lowry More Quotes From Lois Lowry I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I read reviews, and so I'm aware of what's out there. But I tend not to read the books. Lois Lowry reading book children We live in times that are in many ways ambiguous. Maybe that's why kids want precision in what they read - they don't like that moral ambiguity. Lois Lowry want kids way There will always be a place for bunnies to talk in rhyme, but that's not what I do. Lois Lowry bunnies rhyme The fact that I lost my son permeates my being. Lois Lowry my-son facts son When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words.' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian society. Not only was there no poverty, divorce, racism, sexism, pollution, or violence in the world of 'The Giver'; there was also careful attention paid to language: to its fluency, precision, and power. Lois Lowry divorce racism attention So many of my books, I don't want to say they have messages, but they have important things to say. Lois Lowry important want book I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers. Lois Lowry gone book thinking I don't know what she is now. A stranger, mostly. It's as if she has become a part of a different world, one that doesn't include me anymore. Lois Lowry different world moving I think when you've had success, publishers and reviewers and readers are willing to let you try something new if you've already proven yourself. They're excited about what you're doing, you have people interested in it, and actually waiting for it. It's empowering. Lois Lowry empowering people thinking The community of the Giver had achieved at such great price. A community without danger or pain. But also, a community without music, color or art. And books. Lois Lowry pain book art There was just a moment when things weren't quite the same, weren't quite as they had always been through the long friendship Lois Lowry long-friendship moments long And they are beginning to realize that the world they live in is a place where the right thing is often hard, sometimes dangerous, and frequently unpopular. Lois Lowry sometimes life world When I create characters, I create a world to inhabit and they begin to feel very real for me. I don't belong in a psych ward, I don't think, but they become very real, like my own family, and then I have to say goodbye, close the door, and work on other things. Lois Lowry real goodbye character Sometimes I wish they'd ask for my wisdom more often - there are so many things I could tell them; things I wish they would change. But they don't want change. Life here is so orderly, so predictable - so painless. It's what they've chosen. Lois Lowry life-changing wish want It's hard to give up the being together with someone. Lois Lowry giving-up together moving There's much more. There's all that goes beyond – all ... that is Elsewhere – and all that goes back, and back, and back. I received all of those, when I was selected. And here in this room, all alone, I re-experience them again and again. It is how wisdom comes. And how we shape our future. Lois Lowry all-alone shapes rooms What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong? Lois Lowry mates what-if ifs I write books because I have always been fascinated by stories and language, and because I love thinking about what makes people tick. Writing a story... 'The Giver' or any other... is simply an exploration of the nature of behavior: why people do what they do, how it affects others, how we change and grow, and what decisions we make along the way. Lois Lowry writing love book Always in the dream, it seemed as if there were a destination: a something--he could not grasp what-that lay beyond the place where the thickness of snow brought the sled to a stop. He was left, upon awakening, with the feeling that he wanted, even somehow needed, to reach the something that waited in the distance. The feeling that it was good. That it was welcoming. That it was significant. But he did not know how to get there. Lois Lowry distance dream snow Gathering Blue' was a separate book. I wanted to explore what a society might become after a catastrophic world event. Only at the end did I realize I could make it connect to 'The Giver. Lois Lowry events blue book
