Memories In The Giver Quotes & Sayings

My life is filled with ineffable miracles. — Debasish Mridha

Memories are forever~ The Giver — Lois Lowry

All autobiographies are alibi-ographies. — Clare Boothe Luce

My definition of confidence is how you feel about yourself, and not letting the external world define you. — Bonnie St. John

Folks, I've had the best seat in the house. Thanks for sharing it, I'll see you down the road. — Brent Musburger

But a voice said within her, Now it is too late.
They found her at high noon, just as the sun came out after the storm, floating among the reeds of the Lake. Her long hair was spread out on the surface like water reeds, and Morgaine, stunned with grief, could not find it in her heart to regret that Kevin had not gone alone into the shadowed land beyond death. — Marion Zimmer Bradley

The man that I named the Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every time you place a book in the hands of a child, you do the same thing. It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere. It gives him choices. It gives him freedom. Those are magnificent, wonderfully unsafe things.
[from her Newberry Award acceptance speech] — Lois Lowry

Why do you and I have to hold these memories?" "It gives us wisdom," The Giver replied. — Lois Lowry

He knew that he had the remaining hours of night before they would be aware of his escape. So he rode hard, steadily, willing himself not to tire as the minutes and miles passed. There had been no time to receive the memories he and The Giver had counted on, of strength and courage. So he relied on what he had, and hoped it would be enough. — Lois Lowry

Memories are forever. — Lois Lowry

Memories are not just about the past. They determine our future. — Jeff Bridges

They're intimidating the networks and levying these fines, so the networks are not sure of what they can or can't do. — Barry Levinson

But why can't everyone have the memories? I think it would seem a little easier if the memories were shared. You and I wouldn't have to bear so much by ourselves, if everybody took a part."
The Giver sighed. "You're right," he said. "But then everyone would be burdened and pained. They don't want that. And that's the real reason The Receiver is so vital to them, and so honored. They selected me - and you - to lift that burden from themselves. — Lois Lowry

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte

I find no fault with the Constitution or laws of our country, they are good enough. It is the abuse of those laws which I despise, and which God, good men and angels abhor. — Brigham Young

And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. — Travis Barker

Vengeance is mine, I will repay — Leo Tolstoy

The future is as far from perfect and as full of errors as this baseball game, but at this moment, it's all mine.
And I guess that's something — Jeri Smith-Ready

The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness. — Thomas Jefferson

It's just that ... without the memories it's all meaningless. — Lois Lowry