The community of the Giver had achieved at such great price. A community without danger or pain. But also, a community without music, color or art. And books.

It be better, I think, to climb out in search of something, instead of hating, what you're leaving.

I left home at the correct time but when I was riding along near the hatchery, the crew was separating some salmon, I guess I just got distraught, watching them.

Mama was crying, and the rain made it seem as if the whole world was crying.

The whole world had changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same. "And they lived happily ever after.

I was a sidelines child: never class president, never team captain, never the one with the most valentines in my box.

I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to suppress it, to keep it from kids.