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

So many of my books, I don't want to say they have messages, but they have important things to say.

I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.

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

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.

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.

It is so good to have friends who understand how there is a time for crying and a time for laughing, and that sometimes the two are very close together.