Lois Lowry’s ‘The Giver’ is a 1993 popular American young adult dystopian novel.
The story is set in what looks to be a utopian society but is revealed to be dystopian as the plot develops.
Let’s have a look at some of the most powerful quotes from The Giver by Lois Lowry.
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The Giver Quotes by Lois Lowry
“Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“His thoughts seemed to be elsewhere, and his eyes were very troubled.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“Memories are forever.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“When people have the freedom to choose, they choose wrong, every single time.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“And here in this room, I re-experience the memories again and again it is how wisdom comes and how we shape our future.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“He knew that there was no quick comfort for emotions like those. They were deeper and they did not need to be told. They were felt.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“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 (quote from The Giver).
“No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule, but was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“Once, back in the time of the memories, everything had a shape and size, the way things still do, but they also had a quality called COLOR.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
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Quotes from The Giver by Lois Lowry
“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 (quote from The Giver).
“The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“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 (quote from The Giver).
“I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is not the same as power.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“It’s the choosing that’s important, isn’t it?” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“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.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“The worse part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“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?” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“Life here is so orderly, so predictable-so painless. It’s what they’ve chosen.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
Famous The Giver Quotes by 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 (quote from The Giver).
“There was never any comfortable way to mention or discuss one’s successes without breaking the rule against bragging, even if one didn’t mean to.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“I left home at the correct time but when I was riding along near the hatchery, the crew was separating some salmon, I guess I just got distraught, watching them.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“Thank you for your childhood.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without color, pain, or past.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“If he had stayed, he would have starved in other ways.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“He hunched his shoulders and tried to make himself smaller in the seat. He wanted to disappear, to fade away, not to exist.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“All of it was new to him. After a life of Sameness and predictability, he was awed by the surprises that lay beyond each curve of the road.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“Why do you and I have to hold these memories?” “It gives us wisdom,” The Giver replied.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
Great The Giver Quotes
“Didn’t life consist of the things you did each day?” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“Sometimes he awoke with a feeling of fragments afloat in his sleep, but he couldn’t seem to grasp them and put them together into something worthy of telling at the ritual.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“Of course they needed to care. It was the meaning of everything.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“He saw nothing except the endless ribbon of road unfolding in twisting narrow curves.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“Although he had through the memories learned about the pain of loss and loneliness, now he gained too, an understanding of solitude and its joy.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“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 (quote from The Giver).
“It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
Popular The Giver Quotes by Lois Lowry
“It’s just that… without the memories it’s all meaningless.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“I’m going to give you the memory of a rainbow.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong?” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“Today is declared an unscheduled holiday.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“The man corrected him. “Honor,” he said firmly. “I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is not the same as power.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“It was simply a marking of time with no meaningful changes.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“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 (quote from The Giver).
“But there was nothing left to do but continue.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“I knew that there had been times in the past-terrible times-when people had destroyed others in haste, in fear, and had brought about their own destruction.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“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.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“…how could you describe a hill and snow to someone who had never felt height or wind or that feathery, magical cold?” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“Jonas felt a ripping sensation inside himself, the feeling of terrible pain clawing its way forward to emerge in a cry.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
“They have never known pain, he thought. The realization made him feel desperately lonely.” ~ Lois Lowry (quote from The Giver).
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