Every 'no' means you are that much closer to a 'yes.

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

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.

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

He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself

There's much more. There's all that goes beyond – all ... that is Elsewhere – and all that goes back, and back, and back. I received all of those, when I was selected. And here in this room, all alone, I re-experience them again and again. It is how wisdom comes. And how we shape our future.

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