The man that I named the Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every time you place a book in the hands of a child, you do the same thing. It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere. It gives him choices. It gives him freedom. Those are magnificent, wonderfully unsafe things. [from her Newberry Award acceptance speech]

I see all of them. All the colors.

Teasing's part of the fun that comes before kissing

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

For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure.

Making lists of reasons was sometimes a good way to figure things out.

Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none