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.

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.

Smiling without good reason is demeaning.

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

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

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

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