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Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows.
Ellen Raskin
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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
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The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers faced east. Strange!
Ellen Raskin
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Smiling without good reason is demeaning.
Ellen Raskin
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Your trouble comes from years of wearing the wrong kind of shoes. - Jake Wexler
Ellen Raskin
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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
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The poor are crazy, the rich just eccentric. - James Shin Hoo
Ellen Raskin
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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