# Quote — Patricia Reilly Giff, Water Street

> "A new start," Pop said as they stopped at the corner and waited to cross over to where te horse and cart waited for them. "A new apartment, Thomas. A new life."
>
> A new world to write about.

- Author: [Patricia Reilly Giff](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-reilly-giff.md)
- Book: [Water Street](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-reilly-giff/water-street.md)
- Page: 17
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patricia_Reilly_Giff#Chapters_1-10) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-reilly-giff/water-street/a-new-start

## More from this book

> He was laughing again. What was it about Bird that made him do that?

p. 73 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-reilly-giff/water-street/he-was-laughing.md)

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

p. 3 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-reilly-giff/water-street/with-just-the.md)

> 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.

p. 15 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-reilly-giff/water-street/but-that-was.md)