# Quote — Patricia Reilly Giff, Water Street

> How many times had she seen Annie sew in a sleeve, easing both sides so that they wouldn't pucker, taking a stitch, and smoothing out the fabric again? And now Mama was doing the same thing to someone's head. Someone's skin.

- 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: 47
- 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/how-many-times

## 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)