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Lois Lowry is an American author renowned for her works in children's and young adult literature. Her books often explore social and political issues, with her most famous work being 'The Giver', which has been praised for its profound themes and rich imagination.

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“...you can pretend that bad things will never happen. But life's a lot easier if you realize and admit that sometimes they do.”

Life Reality Pain Challenges Acceptance Difficulty Experiences Downfall

Book:A Summer to Die

Source: A Summer to Die

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

Pain Pride Stronger

Author:Lois Lowry

“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]”

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Book:The Giver

Source: The Giver

“You will be faced, now, with pain of a magnitude that none of us here can comprehend because it is beyond our experience. The Receiver himself was not able to describe it, only to remind us that you would be faced with it, that you would need immense courage.”

Needs Would Be Able Pain Immense Giver Magnitude Receiver

Book:The Giver Quartet

Source: The Giver Quartet

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”

Needs Moments Pain Memories Worst Loneliness Lonely Domestic Violence Giver Feeling Lonely I Am Lonely Lonely Feeling Old Memories Lonely Heart Past Pain

Book:The Giver Movie Tie-In Edition

Source: The Giver Movie Tie-In Edition

“The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.”

Pain Past Colour Unexpected Unusual Giver Utopia Dystopia Inconvenient

Book:The Giver Quartet

Source: The Giver Quartet

“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.”

Art Book Pain Community Danger Color Giver Without Music

Author:Lois Lowry

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Born: March 20, 1937
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