# Quote — Patricia Reilly Giff, Water Street

> Writing wasn't easy for her. It wasn't like arithmetic, not like a column of numbers to be added or subtracted from the top of the blackboard to the bottom, neat and organized; or science, figuring out the why of things.

- 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: 65
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-reilly-giff/water-street/writing-wasnt-easy

## 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)