“Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him; but he knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him unhappy too.”
Source: The Wizard of Oz
“I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.”
Source: The Wizard of Oz
“You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.”
Source: OZ Complete Collection with illustrated Wizard of Oz
“If you only have brains on your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.”
Source: 7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's
“During the year I stood there I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth.”
Source: 7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's
“If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace.”
““And I,” declared the SawHorse, filling in an awkward pause, “am only remarkable because I can't help it.””
“Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world is filled with wonders.”
Source: 30+ FANTASY ADVENTURES & FAIRY TALES – Ultimate Collection (Magical World Series): The Wizard of Oz Series, Dot and Tot of Merryland, Mother Goose in Prose, The Magical Monarch of Mo, American Fairy Tales, The Master Key, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Sea Fairies…
“People would rather live in homes regardless of its grayness. There is no place like home.”
“To be angry once in a while is really good fun, because it makes others so miserable. But to be angry morning, noon and night, as I am, grows monotonous and prevents my gaining any other pleasure in life.”
Source: 7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's
“I've married a man who owns nine cows," said Jinjur to Ozma, "and now I am happy and contented and willing to lead a quiet life and mind my own business." "Where is your husband?" asked Ozma. "He is in the house, nursing a black eye," replied Jinjur, calmly. "The foolish man would insist upon milking the red cow when I wanted him to milk the white one; but he will know better next time, I am sure.”
Source: Ozma of Oz: American Literature
“No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.”
Source: 8 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's
“For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to his advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of his days.”
Source: 7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's Original
“How very wet this water is.”
Source: Adventures in Oz
“As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults.”
Source: A Wonderful Welcome to Oz: The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, & The Emerald City of Oz
“Everything has to come to an end, sometime.”
Source: The Complete Wizard of Oz Collection (All Oz novels by L.Frank Baum)
“To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.”
Source: 7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's
“But you will admit that it's a good thing to be alive.”
“Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms the commonplace into the great and creates the new out of the old.”
“Nobody gets in to see the wizard. Not nobody.”
“Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party's just beginning. ~ Wicked Witch of the West Wizard of Oz”
“Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?~Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz”
“Lions and tigers, and bears, oh my! - Dorothy in Wizard of Oz”
“Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [...] When we waste time, we waste happiness.”
Source: The Adventures of Trot & Cap'n Bill Before They Went to Oz - The Sea Fairies, Sky Island
“But that isn't right. The King of Beasts shouldn't be a coward,'" said the Scarecrow. 'I know it,' returned the Lion, wiping a tear from his eye with the tip of his tail. 'It is my great sorrow, and makes my life very unhappy. But whenever there is danger, my heart begins to beat fast.' 'Perhaps you have heart disease,' said the Tin Woodman. 'It may be,' said the Lion.”
Source: Oz, the Complete Collection, Volume 1: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; The Marvelous Land of Oz; Ozma of Oz
“Oh, if Shakespeare says it, that's all right.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated)
“He is my dog, Toto," answered Dorothy. "Is he made of tin, or stuffed?" asked the Lion. "Neither. He's a-- a-- a meat dog," said the girl.”
Source: 7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's
“Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it -The Scarecrow - The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 103 chapter 13”
“It isn't what we are, but what folks think we are, that counts in this world.”
Source: 30+ FANTASY ADVENTURES & FAIRY TALES – Ultimate Collection (Magical World Series): The Wizard of Oz Series, Dot and Tot of Merryland, Mother Goose in Prose, The Magical Monarch of Mo, American Fairy Tales, The Master Key, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Sea Fairies…
“If we didn't want anything, we would never get anything, good or bad. I think our longings are natural, and if we act as nature prompts us we can't go far wrong.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated)
“No Queen with a frozen heart is fit to rule any country.”
Source: 8 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's Original
“Dorothy said nothing. Oz had not kept the promise he made her, but he had done his best. So she forgave him. As he said, he was a good man, even if he was a bad Wizard.”
Source: 7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's
“It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool.”
Source: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ – Complete Collection: 16 Novels in One Premium Edition (Fantasy Classics Series): The most Beloved Children’s Books about the Adventures in the Magical Land of Oz
“One can be ugly in looks, but lovely in disposition.”
Source: 8 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's
“True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.”
“I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.”
“There's no place like home,
there's no place like home,
there's no place like home.”
“No, indeed; I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all.”
Source: 7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's
“You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins. We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and for setting our people free from bondage.”
Source: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ – Complete Collection: 16 Novels in One Premium Edition (Fantasy Classics Series): The most Beloved Children’s Books about the Adventures in the Magical Land of Oz
“I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.”
Source: The Wizard of Oz
“In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child.”
Source: 30+ FANTASY ADVENTURES & FAIRY TALES – Ultimate Collection (Magical World Series): The Wizard of Oz Series, Dot and Tot of Merryland, Mother Goose in Prose, The Magical Monarch of Mo, American Fairy Tales, The Master Key, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Sea Fairies…
“Beautiful things may be admired, if not loved.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated)
“Flowers are beautiful, for instance, but we are not inclined to marry them. Duty, on the contrary, is a bugle call to action, whether you are inclined to act, or not. In this case, I obey the bugle call of duty.”
Source: 8 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's
“The absurd and legendary devil is the enigma of the Church.”
“Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization. A prominent educator tells me that fairy tales are of untold value in developing imagination in the young. I believe it.”
“A curious thing about Ugu the Shoemaker was that he didn't suspect in the least that he was wicked. He wanted to be powerful and great, and he hoped to make himself master of all the Land of Oz that he might compel everyone in that fairy country to obey him, His ambition blinded him to the rights of others, and he imagined anyone else would act just as he did if anyone else happened to be as clever as himself.”
Source: L. FRANK BAUM - Ultimate Collection: Complete Wizard of Oz Series, The Aunt Jane’s Nieces Collection, Mary Louise Mysteries, Fantasy Novels & Fairy Tales: Mother Goose in Prose, The Magical Monarch of Mo, Dot and Tot of Merryland, The Master Key, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Enchanted Island of Yew, The Sea Fairies, Sky Island…
“I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world.”
Source: Oz, the Complete Collection, Volume 4: Rinkitink in Oz; The Lost Princess of Oz; The Tin Woodman of Oz
“The Imaginative Child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization”
Source: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ – Complete Collection: 16 Novels in One Premium Edition (Fantasy Classics Series): The most Beloved Children’s Books about the Adventures in the Magical Land of Oz
“I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated)
“I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp...”
