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I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid.
Lois Lowry
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Lois Lowry
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 20
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Lois Ann Hammersberg
Lois James Worthy Johnson
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He hunched his shoulders and tried to make himself smaller in the seat. He wanted to disappear, to fade away, not to exist.
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What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong?
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He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.
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If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.
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Because of fear, they made shelter and found food and grew things. For the same reason, weapons were stored, waiting.
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I have been fortunate. I have done so many things and enjoyed so many things and had such a great life, not to imply that it is ending, but that there aren't many things that I feel I have left undone.
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So many of my books, I don't want to say they have messages, but they have important things to say.
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I think when you've had success, publishers and reviewers and readers are willing to let you try something new if you've already proven yourself. They're excited about what you're doing, you have people interested in it, and actually waiting for it. It's empowering.
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I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to suppress it, to keep it from kids.
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I often compare myself as a kid to my own grandchildren, who are around 11 and 14 now. That's the age kids usually read my book. And I remember myself, we'd gone through a world war. My father was an army officer so I was aware of what was going on. But I wasn't bombarded with images of catastrophe like many kids are today.
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I believe without a single shadow of a doubt that it is necessary for young people to learn to make choices. Learning to make right choices is the only way they will survive in an increasingly frightening world.
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Evil can do anything, for a price.
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Today is declared an unscheduled holiday.
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