“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”
― The Giver
― 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.”
― The Giver
― The Giver
“If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.”
― The Giver
― The Giver
“There's much more. There's all that goes beyond – all ... that is Elsewhere – and all that goes back, and back, and back. I received all of those, when I was selected. And here in this room, all alone, I re-experience them again and again. It is how wisdom comes. And how we shape our future.”
― The Giver
― The Giver
“Today is declared an unscheduled holiday.”
― The Giver
― The Giver
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