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

“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.”

“Be proud of your pain, for you are stronger than those with none.”

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

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

“Then I went home to continue my life, which had changed a little, as lives do every day, inching by microspecks forward toward whatever surprises are coming next.”

“Take pride in your pain," her mother had always told her. "You are stronger than those who have none.”