Lois Lowry, The Giver Quotes

The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.

The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.

And here in this room, I re-experience the memories again and again it is how wisdom comes and how we shape our future.

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

Gabe?"The newchild stirred slightly in his sleep. Jonas looked over at him. "There could be love", Jonas whispered.

Honor, ' he said firmly. 'I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is not the same as power.

Why do you and I have to hold these memories?''It gives us wisdom.

It's just that...without the memories, it's all meaningless.