“
Jonas: Why can’t everyone see them? Why did colors disappear?

The Giver: Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences. We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.

Jonas: But I want them! It isn’t fair that nothing has color!

The Giver: Not fair? Explain what you mean.

Jonas: Well, if everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic, or a red one? But it’s all the same, always. I know it’s not important, what you wear. It doesn’t matter. But —

The Giver: It’s the choosing that’s important, isn’t it?
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