The whole world had changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same. "And they lived happily ever after.
Lois LowryThe life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.
Lois LowryWhen I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words.' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian society. Not only was there no poverty, divorce, racism, sexism, pollution, or violence in the world of 'The Giver'; there was also careful attention paid to language: to its fluency, precision, and power.
Lois Lowry