Lois Lowry - Life Quotes

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Sometimes I wish they'd ask for my wisdom more often - there are so many things I could tell them; things I wish they would change. But they don't want change. Life here is so orderly, so predictable - so painless. It's what they've chosen.

Lois Lowry

The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without color, pain or past.

Lois Lowry

What's important is the preparation for adult life, and the training you'll receive in your Assignment.

Lois Lowry

Time goes on, and your life is still there, and you have to live it. After a while you remember the good things more often than the bad. Then, gradually, the empty silent parts of you fill up with sounds of talking and laughter again, and the jagged edges of sadness are softened by memories.

Lois Lowry