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.

That's why they call you Seer. You see more than most.

Teasing's part of the fun that comes before kissing

I have been fortunate. I have done so many things and enjoyed so many things and had such a great life, not to imply that it is ending, but that there aren't many things that I feel I have left undone.

Think only on the climb. Think on what you control

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

It's hard to give up the being together with someone.