345 Quotes by Lois Lowry

I cannot kill someone, he thought.

I laugh, because he knew what I was thinking, and very few people ever know what I'm thinking.

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

... and she was awed to see that vibrant life still struggled to thrive despite such destruction.

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.

Things could change Gabe. Things could be different. I don't know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colors. And grandparents. And everybody would have memories. You know about memories...Gabe, there could be love.

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

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

That had day changed him. It had changed the entire village. Shaken by the death of a boy they had loved, each person found ways to be more worthy of the sacrifice he had made. They had become kinder, more careful, more attentive to one another.