Patricia Reilly Giff: Quotes about birds

Patricia Reilly Giff is American children's writer. Explore interesting quotes on bird.

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“Bird.
A good name for her. She wasn't a sparrow or a songbird, though. She stood so straight, and her face was strong.”

Patricia Reilly Giff

Source: Water Street (2006), Chapters 1-10, p. 27-28

“Is there anyone noisier in the world than Bird Mallon?”

Patricia Reilly Giff

Source: Water Street (2006), Chapters 1-10, p. 20; spoken by Annie

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

Patricia Reilly Giff

Source: Water Street (2006), Chapters 11-20, p. 73

“The girl's mouth was chapped, tight and pinched, her skin dry. Mama would say she looked woebegone, but as Bird looked at her eyes, the word she thought of was desperate.”

Patricia Reilly Giff

Source: Water Street (2006), Chapters 21-29, p. 127

“But what gave him the most satisfaction was going back through the pages to read about his first story appearing in the Saturday Evening Post.
That afternoon he'd bought Bird the largest bag of lemon drops he could find.
"He gives her candy," she had said, remembering too.”

Patricia Reilly Giff

Source: Water Street (2006), Epilogue, p. 164 (closing words); reference to quote from Chapter 11

“How different everyone looked. How louldly they talked about who was starting work tomorrow, who would start in a week, while Sister Raymond sat at her desk looking serene. Bird felt a lurch in her chest. Of all of them, she though, she might be the one who'd miss school the most.”

Patricia Reilly Giff

Source: Water Street (2006), Chapters 21-29, p. 159