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 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-lovelove-islying It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere. Lois Lowry elsewherebookchildren The writer after all is only half the book, the other half is the reader. Lois Lowry other-halfhalfbook 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 homekidschildren Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world. Lois Lowry favorite-wordskidsthinking Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none Lois Lowry strongerpainpride Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come. Lois Lowry natureheartbird He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself. Lois Lowry bodytearsgrief 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 kidsbookthinking It is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything. Lois Lowry easierbraveknows 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 foreverriversmemories 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 echoeslife-changingdistance 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 characterbookchildren It be better, I think, to climb out in search of something, instead of hating, what you're leaving. Lois Lowry leavinghatethinking 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 starsdreamsleep Memory is the happiness of being alone. Lois Lowry time-to-move-onmemories 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-workwritingfun I see all of them. All the colors. Lois Lowry color
