

“...an urge, a need, a passionate yearning to share the warmth with the one person left for him to love.”
― The Giver
― The Giver

“Precision of language, Jonah.”
― The Giver
― The Giver

“I liked the feeling of love,' [Jonas] confessed. He glanced nervously at the speaker on the wall, reassuring himself that no one was listening. 'I wish we still had that,' he whispered. 'Of course,' he added quickly, 'I do understand that it wouldn't work very well. And that it's much better to be organized the way we are now. I can see that it was a dangerous way to live.'
...'Still,' he said slowly, almost to himself, 'I did like the light they made. And the warmth.”
― The Giver
...'Still,' he said slowly, almost to himself, 'I did like the light they made. And the warmth.”
― The Giver

“Once, back in the time of the memories, everything had a shape and size, the way things still do, but they also had a quality called COLOR.”
― The Giver
― The Giver

“I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid.”
― The Giver
― The Giver
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