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

Gabe?" The newchild stirred slightly in his sleep. Jonas looked over at him. "There could be love", Jonas whispered.

Writing is hard work, and fun, and requires you to keep your backside in a chair when you would sometimes like to put it elsewhere. So the only wisdom is the advice to keep at it, I guess.

Evil can do anything, for a price.

Gathering Blue' was a separate book. I wanted to explore what a society might become after a catastrophic world event. Only at the end did I realize I could make it connect to 'The Giver.

It be better, I think, to climb out in search of something, instead of hating, what you're leaving.

Fear dims when you learn things.