"It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere."

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Source : Lois Lowry (2011). “The Giver (illustrated; gift edition)”, p.196, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Lois Lowry

#Children Quotes #Book Quotes #Elsewhere Quotes

“As I walked briskly out the road the wind knifed at my face, but this sun caressed the back of my neck.”
“art consists precisely in making us admire old stories, charming us with them eternally, as Nature charms with her eternal sun, her ancient earth, and her men built all on the same pattern, and all animated by the same feelings ...”
“I cannot hope that what I have to say will be very interesting to many.”
“Happiness, that's obviously different for everybody, but what I call my joy, the thing that makes me feel incredibly satiated, is my family, and then I get to go and play out all of my ideas and feelings through all these different characters.”
“I kept my eyes open on the ride home. Peeking over Lucas's shoulder, i watched the scenery fly by-and it was exhilarating, not frightening. I trusted him. I had since that first night, when i let him drive me home.”
“When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.”

Source : Joint Press Conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Najib of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 27, 2014.
“Beginning to reason is like stepping onto an escalator that leads upward and out of sight. Once we take the first step, the distance to be traveled is independent of our will and we cannot know in advance where we shall end.”
“Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without undue violence...politics is not just a necessary evil; it is a realistic good.”

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