Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.
Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none
Once she read a book but found it distasteful because it contained adjectives.
We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.
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.
If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.