Ellen Raskin quotes:

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

Hey Chris, bet you don't know the Latin name of the red-headed woodpecker."That was a hard one. Chris had to say Melanerpes erythrocephalus very slowly.

Smiling without good reason is demeaning.

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

Who were these people, these specially selected tenants? They were mothers and fathers and children. A dressmaker, a secretary, an inventor, a doctor, a judge. And, oh yes, one was a bookie, one was a burglar, one was a bomber, and one was a mistake.

Angela Wexler, person

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.

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

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

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

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.