29 Quotes by Ellen Raskin

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.

Angela could not be the bomber, not that sweet, pretty thing. Thing? Is that how she regarded that young woman, as a thing? And what had she ever said to her except "I hear you're getting married, Angela" or "How pretty you look, Angela." Had anyone asked her about her ideas, her hopes, her plans? If I had been treated like that I'd have used dynamite, not fireworks; no, I would have just walked out and kept right on going. But Angela was different.

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

Smiling without good reason is demeaning.

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

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

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.

Hi Sandy, I won!