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Information About The Giver
Name of Book : The Giver
Author : Lois Lowry
Genre : Dystopian, Science fiction
Pages : 498
Language : English
Country : United State
Publication date : 1993
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Quotes From The Giver By Lois Lowry
1. “ The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
2. “ Of course they needed to care. It was the meaning of everything. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
3. “ 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. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
4. “ We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
5. “ It's the way they live. It's the life that was created for them. It's the same life that you would have if you had not been chosen as my successor. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
6. “ What's important is the preparation for adult life, and the training you'll receive in your Assignment. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
7. “ 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. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
8. “ The next morning, for the first time, Jonas did not take his pill. Something within him, something that had grown there through the memories, told him to throw the pill away. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
9. “ They have never known pain, he thought. The realization made him feel desperately lonely. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
10. “ I don't know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colors. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
11. “ What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong? ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
12. “ 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? ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
13. “ 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. ”
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14. “ But there was nothing left to do but continue ”
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15. “ If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
16. “ He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself. ”
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17. “ If I go with you, and together we take away all their protection from the memories, Jonas, the community will be left with no one to help them. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
18. “ He had been frightened then. The sense of his own community silent, waiting, had made his stomach churn. He had trembled. ”
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19. “ If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
20. “ We really have to protect people from wrong choices. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
21. “ Simply stated, although it's not really simple at all, my job is to transmit to you all the memories I have within me. Memories of the past. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
22. “ The Giver told him, then, something he had not known. 'All private ceremonies are recorded. They’re in the Hall of Closed Records. Do you want to see the morning’s release?' Jonas hesitated. He was afraid that his father wouldn’t like it, if he watched something so private. 'I think you should,' The Giver told him firmly. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
23. “ Jonas did not want to go back. He didn’t want the memories, didn’t want the honor, didn’t want the wisdom, didn’t want the pain. He wanted his childhood again, his scraped knees and ball games. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
24. “ 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. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry
25. “ For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. ”
— The Giver By Lois Lowry