Lois Lowry Memories Quotations

And here in this room, I re-experience the memories again and again it is how wisdom comes and how we shape our future.

Memory is the happiness of being alone.

If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.

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

Time goes on, and your life is still there, and you have to live it. After a while you remember the good things more often than the bad. Then, gradually, the empty silent parts of you fill up with sounds of talking and laughter again, and the jagged edges of sadness are softened by memories.

It's just that... without the memories it's all meaningless.