Ellen Raskin Quotes

• Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows.

  Ellen Raskin

  Life, Blow, Self

  Ellen Raskin (2004). “The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)”, p.42, Penguin

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• I try to say one thing with my work: A book is a wonderful place to be. A book is a package, a gift package, a surprise package-and within the wrappings is a whole new world and beyond.

  Ellen Raskin

  Book, Trying, World

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• Your trouble comes from years of wearing the wrong kind of shoes. - Jake Wexler

  Ellen Raskin

  Years, Shoes, Jake

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• The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers faced east. Strange!

  Ellen Raskin

  Sunset, East, Towers

  Ellen Raskin (2014). “The Westing Game”, p.1, Obelix Books

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• Smiling without good reason is demeaning.

  Ellen Raskin

  Reason, Demeaning

  Ellen Raskin (2014). “The Westing Game”, p.44, Obelix Books

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• The poor are crazy, the rich just eccentric. - James Shin Hoo

  Ellen Raskin

  Crazy, Eccentric, Rich

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• I remember the will said, 'May God thy gold refine.' That must be from the Bible." "Shakespeare," Turtle said. All quotations were either from the Bible or Shakespeare.

  Ellen Raskin

  Turtles, Gold, May

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• Grace said,"Dr. Wexler was called away on an emergency operation." "An emergency Packers game in Green Bay," Turtle confided to Flora Baumbach.

  Ellen Raskin

  Turtles, Games, Grace

  Ellen Raskin (1997). “The Westing Game”, Puffin

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