Ellen Raskin quotes
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“Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows.”
-- Ellen RaskinSource : Ellen Raskin (2004). “The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)”, p.42, Penguin
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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 RaskinSource : Ellen Raskin (1997). “The Westing Game”, Puffin
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“Smiling without good reason is demeaning.”
-- Ellen RaskinSource : Ellen Raskin (2014). “The Westing Game”, p.44, Obelix Books
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“Your trouble comes from years of wearing the wrong kind of shoes. - Jake Wexler”
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“The poor are crazy, the rich just eccentric. - James Shin Hoo”
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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.”
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“The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers faced east. Strange!”
-- Ellen RaskinSource : Ellen Raskin (2014). “The Westing Game”, p.1, Obelix Books
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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.”
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“A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.”
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“Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow are going to blow your funky mind!”
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Source : Cats (1934) p. 20
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Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.96, Penguin
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“Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion”
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