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1 " Drawing is what you see of the world, truly see...And sometimes what you see is so deep in your head you're not even sure of what you're seeing. But when it's down there on paper, and you look at it, really look, you'll see the way things are...that's the world, isn't it? You have to keep looking to find the truth. "
― Patricia Reilly Giff , Pictures of Hollis Woods
2 " I told her that saying goodbye didn't matter, not a bit. What mattered were all the days you were together before that, all the things you remembered. "
― Patricia Reilly Giff , Lily's Crossing
3 " If someone looks into your eyes, I read in a book one time, he'll see right into your soul. I didn't want anyone to see into my soul. "
― Patricia Reilly Giff
4 " There are some people who don't even know enough to fall in love with the water. "
5 " I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. "
― Patricia Reilly Giff , Water Street (Nory Ryan, #3)
6 " You're going to be something, you and that language you speak on paper. "
7 " And sometimes what you see is so deep in your head you're not even sure of what you're seeing. But when it's down there on paper, and you look at it, really look, you'll see the way things are. "
8 " i don't really read as much but i am reading a depressing book on the holocaust.... "
9 " Poaching?” Granda raised his hand to rake his fingers through his white hair. “That is our land, Irish land. Our stream and our fish. Cunningham, a man who comes once a year, has it all by the terrible might of the English. "
― Patricia Reilly Giff , Nory Ryan's Song (Nory Ryan, #1)
10 " You are the heart of this family,” she said, “with your songs. "
11 " I'd go to school and walk up to people. “A new leaf,” I said. "
12 " Right here at our doorstep, we'll have the most beautiful bridge in the world. "
13 " Cunningham, the English lord, owned all our land, all our houses; he could put any of us out if he wanted. "
14 " I could save Cat Neely and her mother. If only Anna would give me that coin. "
15 " I’d like to get rid of all of them. Filthy hovels, filthy people. I would tear down the houses and let sheep roam among the rocks. "
16 " Never mind being afraid of eleven right now. "
― Patricia Reilly Giff , Eleven
17 " Think of me when you’re not sure of something, Nory.” Her face was serious, her big eyes holding me. “Know that I’ll be there on the other side of the water. Think of what I’d say, what I’d do. "
18 " The English had an army, and souls of vinegar, and they had killed and killed, and we were still not free. "
19 " Don't be silly,” Linda said. “Emily knew all the time.” Emily pulled an old flowerpot out of her way. “Let's look for the box,” said Linda. “I'm looking,” Emily said. “It's right here. In the corner.” Emily leaned over. On "
― Patricia Reilly Giff , Snaggle Doodles (The Kids of the Polk Street School, #8)
20 " butter and jelly. Two chocolate "
― Patricia Reilly Giff , In the Dinosaur's Paw (Kids of the Polk Street School, #5)
