People do things that turn out badly, often for the most benevolent of reasons.

I knew that there had been times in the past-terrible times-when people had destroyed others in haste,in fear, and had brought about their own destruction

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

Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of 'The Giver': the world where there are no bad words and no bad deeds. But it is also the world where choice has been taken away and reality distorted. And that is the most dangerous world of all.

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

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's hard to give up the being together with someone.