I wish to be washed clean of my old life. To let go of my tide of sorrows and find my way to a new shore. Author: William Joyce Copy Quote More from William Joyce “Unlike them, however, her path was not through daring deeds or the study of mag…” “Watch over our child. Guide him safely from the ways of harm.Keep happy his hea…” “She lived in a sort of ramshackle magnificence.” “to understand pretending," Ombric was fond of saying, "is to conquer all barrie…”