If everyting's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!" (Jonas) "It's the choosing that's imortant, isn't it?" The Giver asked him.

I don't know what you mean when you say 'the whole world' or 'generations before him.'I thought there was only us. I thought there was only now.

You will fail. Then they will kill you." - Vandara to Kira, following Kira's trial.

He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.

There will always be a place for bunnies to talk in rhyme, but that's not what I do.

It's the choosing that's important, isn't it?

I tend not to think about audience when I'm writing. Many people who read "The Giver" now have their own kids who are reading it. Even from the beginning, the book attracted an audience beyond a child audience.