29 Quotes by Ellen Raskin

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.

Today I have gathered together my nearest and dearest, my sixteen nieces and nephews (Sit down, Grace Windsor Wexler!) to view the body of your Uncle Sam for the last time. Tomorrow its ashes will be scattered to the four winds. I, Samuel W. Westing, hereby swear that I did not die of natural causes. My life was taken from me–by one of you!

In real life sweet moments are short and dulled by time.

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

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

Grace sat down where the chair wasn't.

Jake Wexler, standing or sitting when not lying down

Can you stand on your legs?” Sydelle Pulaski asked. “Can you walk at all?”People never asked Chris those questions; they whispered them to his parents behind his back. “N-n-no. Why?”“What better disguise for a thief or a murderer than a wheelchair, the perfect alibi.”Chris enjoyed being taken for the criminal type. Now they really were friends.