# Quote — Patricia Reilly Giff, Water Street

> Thomas watched him for a few minutes. Pop was good-looking, muscular, and his hair was almost gold even though it was getting a little thin on top. Thomas must have taken after his mother, whoever she was.

- 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: 13
- 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/thomas-watched-him

## 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)