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d0a07ce	He began saying "chugga chugga chugga" when he walked down the hall of the apartment. He was practicing being trained."		Lois Lowry
8773cb1	Birthmother was an important job, if lacking in prestige.		Lois Lowry
556baeb	AFFABLE means good-natured and friendly. There are whole groups of people who are known for being affable. Cheerleaders, for example. Or Mormon missionaries.		Lois Lowry
56cd7b0	But this room's walls were completely covered by bookcases, filled, which reached to the ceiling. There must have been hundreds--perhaps thousands--of books, their titles embossed in shiny letters.		Lois Lowry
b836529	Mama was out shopping with Kirsti, Annemarie and Ellen were sprawled on the living room floor playing with paper dolls. They had cut the dolls from Mama's magazines, old ones she had saved from past years. The paper ladies had old-fashioned hair styles and clothes, and the girls had given them names from Mama's very favorite book. Mama had told Annemarie and Ellen the entire story of Gone With the		Lois Lowry
3e00136	No butter,		Lois Lowry
043d9a7	The door to the cottage was open. She was standing there in her nightdress, breathing deeply of the daybreak air. She was tall and slender, with coppery hair that fell in curls around her shoulders. Hearing him, she turned to Jonas and smiled. He thought he heard her say, "I see the sun." Indeed, the sky was pink with dawn light. Then Jonas looked past Claire and saw Gabe approaching on the path. THE END"		Lois Lowry
941c2c8	Ellen's parents? We must help them, too!" "We couldn't take all three of them. If the Germans came to search our apartment"		Lois Lowry
752a3f0	Only the moon was familiar		Lois Lowry
ecaa90d	The God of Thunder has		Lois Lowry
78cd8f7	my job is to transmit to you all the memories I have within me. Memories of the past.		Lois Lowry
859ff90	Well, things change. I just have to learn to adjust to what they change to. One		Lois Lowry
82baf20	We're required to learn to swim but we're not allowed in the river," she found herself telling him."		Lois Lowry
bb82bab	It's as if the sea sucked away her past and left her empty.		Lois Lowry
f776dca	That's why we have the Museum, Matty, to remind us of how we came, and why: to start fresh, and begin a new place from what we had learned and carried from the old.		Lois Lowry
469191d	We're the ones who fill in the blank spaces. Maybe we can make it different.		Lois Lowry
4b9009b	This new Caleb was a replacement child. The couple had lost their first Caleb, a cheerful little Four.		Lois Lowry
b39aac1	The Willoughby parents frequently forgot that they had children and became quite irritable when they were reminded of it.		Lois Lowry
c247ba5	Boy," said Anastasia, "you know what I wish? I wish that everybody who loved each other would die at exactly the same time. Then nobody would ever have to miss anyone." "Well," said her father slowly, "it just doesn't work that way. It just doesn't seem to work that way very often."		Lois Lowry
eef1bb9	Its a little like looking at yourself looking in a mirror looking at yourself looking in a mirror.		Lois Lowry
4e37ab9	You have the colors," The Giver told him. "And you have the courage. I will help you to have the strength."		Lois Lowry
086d96c	For Kirsti, the soldiers were simply part of the landscape, something		Lois Lowry
fadf65f	It was the helplessness that scared the both of us.	experiences fear dreadful helpless difficulty trouble hopeless	Lois Lowry
d008669	Alys told her that it was the way of women, to tote a newborn and then adjust as it grew until by the time the child was plump and heavy, the weight seemed naught.		Lois Lowry
1973659	This is the time," she began, looking directly at them, "when we acknowledge differences. You Elevens have spent all your years till now learning to fit in, to standardize your behavior, to curb any impulse that might set you apart from the group. "But today we honor your differences. They have determined your futures."		Lois Lowry
81b4c44	Thinking of those times as he passed the cemetery on his way to the evening's festivities, Gabe recalled the day Matty's body had been found and carried home. Gabe had been young then, only eight, a rambunctious resident of the Children's House, happiest with solitary adventures and disinterested in schoolwork. But he had always admired Matty, who had tended and helped Seer with such devotion and undertaken village tasks with energy and goo..		Lois Lowry
7762d72	The corner was just ahead.		Lois Lowry
4d6f42b	It bothered him a little to lie about small things. But he always had; he had grown up lying, and he still found it strange that the people in this place where he now lived thought lying was wrong. To Matty, it was sometimes a way of making things easier, more comfortable, more convenient.		Lois Lowry
91d4ea8	It wasn't the same. I'm pretty good at making the best of things, but it wasn't the same.	end-of-love different sad	Lois Lowry
7e5a43e	For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure.		Lois Lowry
1150e27	Honor," he said firmly. "I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is not the same as power."		Lois Lowry
4794935	There are German soldiers on every corner.		Lois Lowry
052eb61	Delwyth, Bethan, and Eira be their names--I midwifed each one, same year.		Lois Lowry
7226012	They sat silently for a moment.		Lois Lowry
1aea03c	He sat in his dwelling alone, watching through the window, seeing children at play, citizens bicycling home from uneventful days at work, ordinary lives free of anguish because he had been selected, as others before him had, to bear their burden.		Lois Lowry
05e9678	blue vervain and chamomile,		Lois Lowry
4b4866e	she said, "thank you for your childhood."		Lois Lowry
4a68078	It was because someone who was a real friend was having the exact same feelings I was having, about something that was more important to me than anything else. I bet there are people who go through a whole life and never experience that.	feelings friendship true-friend peers company emotions	Lois Lowry
6b465a6	Oh, sometimes it's just easier to please people," Maria said finally."	individuality society obedience	Lois Lowry
94e9b6c	If you put pussy willows in water, they'll blossom and then die. Just put them in the vase alone, and they'll stay beautiful forever.		Lois Lowry
0014d54	She needs us, for our love, but she doesn't need us for anything else now." He swallowed hard and said, "Dying is a very solitary thing."		Lois Lowry
8a8027f	There could be love." Jonas whispered."		Lois Lowry
dea6308	Enorgullecete de tu dolor -le decia siempre su madre-. Eres mas fuerte que aquellos que no sienten ninguno.		Lois Lowry
d8748c0	CONSPIRACY is a plan to do something subversive. Three guys planning a camping trip . . . nah, that's just three guys planning a camping trip. But three guys planning to take a camping trip and rob a bank along the way . . . that's a conspiracy.		Lois Lowry

He began saying "chugga chugga chugga" when he walked down the hall of the apartment. He was practicing being trained."

Lois Lowry

8773cb1

Birthmother was an important job, if lacking in prestige.

Lois Lowry

556baeb

AFFABLE means good-natured and friendly. There are whole groups of people who are known for being affable. Cheerleaders, for example. Or Mormon missionaries.

Lois Lowry

56cd7b0

But this room's walls were completely covered by bookcases, filled, which reached to the ceiling. There must have been hundreds--perhaps thousands--of books, their titles embossed in shiny letters.

Lois Lowry

b836529

Mama was out shopping with Kirsti, Annemarie and Ellen were sprawled on the living room floor playing with paper dolls. They had cut the dolls from Mama's magazines, old ones she had saved from past years. The paper ladies had old-fashioned hair styles and clothes, and the girls had given them names from Mama's very favorite book. Mama had told Annemarie and Ellen the entire story of Gone With the

Lois Lowry

3e00136

No butter,

Lois Lowry

043d9a7

The door to the cottage was open. She was standing there in her nightdress, breathing deeply of the daybreak air. She was tall and slender, with coppery hair that fell in curls around her shoulders. Hearing him, she turned to Jonas and smiled. He thought he heard her say, "I see the sun." Indeed, the sky was pink with dawn light. Then Jonas looked past Claire and saw Gabe approaching on the path. THE END"

Lois Lowry

941c2c8

Ellen's parents? We must help them, too!" "We couldn't take all three of them. If the Germans came to search our apartment"

Lois Lowry

752a3f0

Only the moon was familiar

Lois Lowry

ecaa90d

The God of Thunder has

Lois Lowry

78cd8f7

my job is to transmit to you all the memories I have within me. Memories of the past.

Lois Lowry

859ff90

Well, things change. I just have to learn to adjust to what they change to. One

Lois Lowry

82baf20

We're required to learn to swim but we're not allowed in the river," she found herself telling him."

Lois Lowry

bb82bab

It's as if the sea sucked away her past and left her empty.

Lois Lowry

f776dca

That's why we have the Museum, Matty, to remind us of how we came, and why: to start fresh, and begin a new place from what we had learned and carried from the old.

Lois Lowry

469191d

We're the ones who fill in the blank spaces. Maybe we can make it different.

Lois Lowry

4b9009b

This new Caleb was a replacement child. The couple had lost their first Caleb, a cheerful little Four.

Lois Lowry

b39aac1

The Willoughby parents frequently forgot that they had children and became quite irritable when they were reminded of it.

Lois Lowry

c247ba5

Boy," said Anastasia, "you know what I wish? I wish that everybody who loved each other would die at exactly the same time. Then nobody would ever have to miss anyone." "Well," said her father slowly, "it just doesn't work that way. It just doesn't seem to work that way very often."

Lois Lowry

eef1bb9

Its a little like looking at yourself looking in a mirror looking at yourself looking in a mirror.

Lois Lowry

4e37ab9

You have the colors," The Giver told him. "And you have the courage. I will help you to have the strength."

Lois Lowry

086d96c

For Kirsti, the soldiers were simply part of the landscape, something

Lois Lowry

fadf65f

It was the helplessness that scared the both of us.

experiences fear dreadful helpless difficulty trouble hopeless

Lois Lowry

d008669

Alys told her that it was the way of women, to tote a newborn and then adjust as it grew until by the time the child was plump and heavy, the weight seemed naught.

Lois Lowry

1973659

This is the time," she began, looking directly at them, "when we acknowledge differences. You Elevens have spent all your years till now learning to fit in, to standardize your behavior, to curb any impulse that might set you apart from the group. "But today we honor your differences. They have determined your futures."

Lois Lowry

81b4c44

Thinking of those times as he passed the cemetery on his way to the evening's festivities, Gabe recalled the day Matty's body had been found and carried home. Gabe had been young then, only eight, a rambunctious resident of the Children's House, happiest with solitary adventures and disinterested in schoolwork. But he had always admired Matty, who had tended and helped Seer with such devotion and undertaken village tasks with energy and goo..

Lois Lowry

7762d72

The corner was just ahead.

Lois Lowry

4d6f42b

It bothered him a little to lie about small things. But he always had; he had grown up lying, and he still found it strange that the people in this place where he now lived thought lying was wrong. To Matty, it was sometimes a way of making things easier, more comfortable, more convenient.

Lois Lowry

91d4ea8

It wasn't the same. I'm pretty good at making the best of things, but it wasn't the same.

end-of-love different sad

Lois Lowry

7e5a43e

For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure.

Lois Lowry

1150e27

Honor," he said firmly. "I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is not the same as power."

Lois Lowry

4794935

There are German soldiers on every corner.

Lois Lowry

052eb61

Delwyth, Bethan, and Eira be their names--I midwifed each one, same year.

Lois Lowry

7226012

They sat silently for a moment.

Lois Lowry

1aea03c

He sat in his dwelling alone, watching through the window, seeing children at play, citizens bicycling home from uneventful days at work, ordinary lives free of anguish because he had been selected, as others before him had, to bear their burden.

Lois Lowry

05e9678

blue vervain and chamomile,

Lois Lowry

4b4866e

she said, "thank you for your childhood."

Lois Lowry

4a68078

It was because someone who was a real friend was having the exact same feelings I was having, about something that was more important to me than anything else. I bet there are people who go through a whole life and never experience that.

feelings friendship true-friend peers company emotions

Lois Lowry

6b465a6

Oh, sometimes it's just easier to please people," Maria said finally."

individuality society obedience

Lois Lowry

94e9b6c

If you put pussy willows in water, they'll blossom and then die. Just put them in the vase alone, and they'll stay beautiful forever.

Lois Lowry

0014d54

She needs us, for our love, but she doesn't need us for anything else now." He swallowed hard and said, "Dying is a very solitary thing."

Lois Lowry

8a8027f

There could be love." Jonas whispered."

Lois Lowry

dea6308

Enorgullecete de tu dolor -le decia siempre su madre-. Eres mas fuerte que aquellos que no sienten ninguno.

Lois Lowry

d8748c0

CONSPIRACY is a plan to do something subversive. Three guys planning a camping trip . . . nah, that's just three guys planning a camping trip. But three guys planning to take a camping trip and rob a bank along the way . . . that's a conspiracy.

Lois Lowry