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

But there's a whole world waiting, still, and there are good things in it.

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

Today is declared an unscheduled holiday.

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.

You eat canned tuna fish and you absorb protein. Then, if you're lucky, someone give you Dover Sole and you experience nourishment. It's the same with books.

- My instructors in science and technology have taught us about how the brain works. It's full of electrical impulses. It's like a computer. If you stimulate one part of the brain with an electrode, it... - They know nothing.