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Son

Lois Lowry

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Fear dims when you learn things.”

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

“And it was lonely, to yearn, all alone.”

“Evil can do anything, for a price.”

“Think only on the climb. Think on what you control”

“Go, " he said. "This is your journey, your battle. Be brave. Find your gift. Use it to save what you love.”

“She was willing to give you everything she had. And you took it from her. You took her youth, and her beauty, and her energy and her health-" For a moment, think of his mother, Gabe couldn't continue speaking. He fell silent and choked back tears. Then he took a deep breath and went on, "- and it didn't matter. We found each other. None of it mattered but that. You won't ever know what that's like, to love someone. In a way, I pity you. But I hope you starve.”

“He called after her as she walked away on the path. "Alys? Why were we dancing?" "Take your mind there again," she called back. "You'll remember!" To herself she murmured, shaking her head with amusement as her eyes twinkled at her own memory. "Only thirteen. But we was barefoot and flower-strewn and foolish with first love.”

“She would die, Claire realized, before she would give up the love she felt for her son.”

“No one else seemed to feel this kind of passionate attachment to other humans. Not to a newchild, not to a spouse, or a coworker, or friend. She had not felt it toward her own parents or brother. But now, toward this wobbly, drooling toddler—”

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son, love, climb, first-love, lois-lowry, faith, climbing, remembering-loved-ones, journey, gifting, courage

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