"Early on I came to realize something, and it came from the mail I received from kids. That is, kids at that pivotal age, 12, 13 or 14, they're still deeply affected by what they read, some are changed by what they read, books can change the way they feel about the world in general. I don't think that's true of adults as much."

Source : "Lois Lowry, ‘Son’ And ‘The Giver’ Author, Reflects On Dystopian Novels, Psychopaths And Why Kids Make The Best Audiences". Interview with Lucas Kavner, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.

Lois Lowry

#Book Quotes #Kids Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Time past, even God is deprived of the power of recalling.”
“I tend to gravitate toward ballads and mid-tempo songs.”

Source : "Lady Antebellum: On Heels of No. 1 Album, Charles Kelley Talks Crossover Success (Q&A)". Interview with Andy Eiser, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 22, 2011.
“It was my mustache that landed jobs for me. In those silent-film days it was the mark of a villain. When I realized they had me pegged as a foreign nobleman type I began to live the part, too. I bought a pair of white spats, an ascot tie and a walking stick.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“if there's a spirit world why don't the ghosts of dead artists get together and inhibit bad playwrights from tormenting first-nighters?”
“A faithfully kept program of savings and conservative investments can give you more money and a better life than that of your neighbors who spend everything they get. This is probably the oldest financial advice in the world, but there are some things you can't improve on.”

Source : Jane Bryant Quinn (1979). “Everyone's money book”
“I was able to be more reckless and now I still make mistakes, but having kids, you have a responsibility and these little people who are looking up to you for everything.”
“The seeing is instant. The recognition can be instant but it will take some time to stabilize the mind into the heart completely.”
“If there was a distraction I'd get up and jump out the window. I was quite out of hand. In schools like that I don't think they expect that girls are going to behave in such an outrageous fashion.”

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