Gathering Blue Quotes

“Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“Be proud of your pain, for you are stronger than those with none.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“We're the ones who will fill in the blank places. Maybe we can make it different.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

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

“Because of fear, they made shelter and found food and grew things. For the same reason, weapons were stored, waiting.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“Pretending doesn't keep you safe.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“He gestured toward her twisted leg. "Like you. Some don't walk good. Some be broken in other ways. Not all. But lots. Do you think it maken them quiet and nice, to be broken?”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“It's not true. I need all of you. We need each other.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“When you care about someone and give them something special. Something that they treasire. That's a gift.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“To sadden. To bloom. To bleed. What a strange set of words.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“always busy because of interesting books”
― lois lowry, Gathering Blue

“You will fail. Then they will kill you." - Vandara to Kira, following Kira's trial.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“It was terrifying, almost unbelievable, the casualness of the cruelty.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“Thomas," she suggested, "you and I? We're the ones who will fill in the blank places. Maybe we can make it different.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“But to use the knowledge of the threading, you must learn the making of the shades. When to sadden with the iron pot. How to bloom the colors. How to bleed.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“Kira closed her eyes, thought, and said them aloud. "Madder for red. Bedstraw for red too, just the roots. Tops of tansy for yellow, and greenwood for yellow too. And yarrow: yellow and gold. Dark hollyhocks, just the petals, for mauve...."
"Broom sedge," she added, still remembering. "Goldy yellows and browns. And Saint Johnswort for browns too, but it'll stain my hands.
"And bronze fennel--leaves and flowers; use them fresh--and you can eat it too. Chamomile for tea and for green hues.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“Over and over. They be making me remember everythings. Me old songs, they just be natural. But now they be stuffing new things into me and this poor head hurts horrid.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“The guardians with their stern faces had no creative power. But they had strength and cunning, and they had found a way to steal and harness other people's powers for their own needs. They were forcing the children to describe the future they wanted, not the one that could be.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“She felt a small shudder of fear. Fear was always a part of life for the people. Because of fear, they made shelter and found food and grew things. For the same reason, weapons were stored, waiting. There was fear of cold, of sickness and hunger. There was fear of beasts.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“I brug you two [gifts] . . . I gots the little here in my pockie.' He dug one hand deep into his pocket and pulled out a handful of nuts and a dead grasshopper. 'Nope. Be the other side.' (Matt)”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“Only the moon was familiar”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“Take your pride in your pain. You are stronger than those who have none.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“Artist?” Thomas suggested. “That’s a word. I’ve never heard anyone say it, but I’ve read it in some of the books. It means, well, someone who is able to make something beautiful. Would that be the word?”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“We're the ones who fill in the blank spaces. Maybe we can make it different.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“In the Fen, iffen they give you something special, it be a kick in your buttie.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“they were artists, the three of them. Makers of song, of wood, of threaded patterns. Because they were artists, they had some value that she could not comprehend. Because of that value, the three of them were here, well fed, well housed, and nurtured.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“Maybe it is something that artists have,” she said, liking the sound of the word she had just learned. “A special kind of magic knowledge.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“–Enorgullécete de tu dolor –le decía siempre su madre–. Eres más fuerte que aquellos que no sienten ninguno.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“Elderberry,” the old woman told her.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“Fear was always a part of life for the people. Because of fear, they made shelter and found food and grew things. For the same reason, weapons were stored, waiting. There was fear of cold, of sickness and hunger. There was fear of beasts.”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue