Zitate von Lois Lowry

„If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!“

—  Lois Lowry, buch The Giver

„Memories are forever.“

—  Lois Lowry, buch The Giver

„It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.“

—  Lois Lowry, buch The Giver

„It's just that… without the memories it's all meaningless.“

—  Lois Lowry, buch The Giver

„For all for children
To whom we entrust the future“

—  Lois Lowry, buch The Giver

„Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.“

—  Lois Lowry

„He was free to enjoy the breathless glee that overwhelmed him: the speed, the clear cold air, the total silence, the feeling of balance and excitement and peace.“

—  Lois Lowry

„I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid.“

—  Lois Lowry, buch The Giver

„Pretending doesn't keep you safe.“

—  Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

„We're the ones who will fill in the blank places. Maybe we can make it different.“

—  Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

„Today is declared an unscheduled holiday.“

—  Lois Lowry, buch The Giver

„It is so good to have friends who understand how there is a time for crying and a time for laughing, and that sometimes the two are very close together.“

—  Lois Lowry, buch A Summer to Die

„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, buch The Giver

„Because of fear, they made shelter and found food and grew things. For the same reason, weapons were stored, waiting.“

—  Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

„Ellen had said that her mother was afraid of the ocean, that it was too cold and too big. The sky was, too, thought Annemarie. The whole world was: too cold, too big. And too cruel.“

—  Lois Lowry, buch Number the Stars

„We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.“

—  Lois Lowry, buch The Giver

„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, buch Number the Stars

„Mama was crying, and the rain made it seem as if the whole world was crying.“

—  Lois Lowry, buch Number the Stars

„Of course they needed to care. It was the meaning of everything.“

—  Lois Lowry, buch The Giver