Fear dims when you learn things.

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]

Every 'no' means you are that much closer to a 'yes.

If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.

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

It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.

People in the know say The Giver was the first young adult dystopian novel.