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.


The Giver Quartet (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014) - ISBN: 9780544340978

Lois Lowry Quotes

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....

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....

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....

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....