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Patricia Reilly Giff on Society

born 1935 United States

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"With just the sweep of a pen, Thomas, you can change the world, all of it."

Water Street (2006)

"Is there anyone noisier in the world than Bird Mallon?"

Water Street (2006)

How quiet everything was this Sunday afternoon, how still. No horse and wagon clopped down the street, no cart; no one stood on the corner talking. It was as if they were the only ones in the world.

Water Street (2006)

But that was a realworld, and he didn't have to put it down on paper. He ripped the page out of the book, tore it into shreds, and threw them behind the tree, where they settled into the weeds.

Water Street (2006)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Patricia Reilly Giff (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.