The Westing Game Quotes

“Smiling without good reason is demeaning.”
― Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game

“The poor are crazy, the rich just eccentric. - James Shin Hoo”
― Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game

“Your trouble comes from years of wearing the wrong kind of shoes. - Jake Wexler”
― Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game

“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.”
― Ellen Raskin

“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!”
― Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game