L. Frank Baum Quotes
People would rather live in homes regardless of its grayness. There is no place like home.
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.
An eastern contemporary, with a grain of wisdom in its wit, says that "when the whites win a fight, it is a victory, and when the Indians win it, it is a massacre."
It seems unfortunate that strong people are usually so disagreeable and overbearing that no one cares for them. In fact, to be different from your fellow creatures is always a misfortune.
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.
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.
"In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child," says good old Santa Claus; and if he had his way the children would all be beautiful, for all would be happy.
When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children.
If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains.
I am Oz, the Great and Terrible," spoke the Beast, in a voice that was one great roar. Who are you, and why do you seek me?
The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.
A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.
He brought toys to the children because they were little and helpless, and because he loved them.
. . .It is the Law that while Evil, unopposed, may accomplish terrible deeds, the power of Good can never be overthrown when opposed to Evil. . .
“And I,” declared the SawHorse, filling in an awkward pause, “am only remarkable because I can't help it.”
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.
My world, my world... How can such a good little girl like you destroy all of my beautiful wickedness. - Wicket Witch of the North
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.
I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.
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.
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.
...and remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.
You have some queer friends, Dorothy, ' she said.The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends, ' was the answer
The women of the world will dominate politics, some day, and you mustn't be too old-fashioned in your notions to join the procession of progress.
People lose a lot of time being afraid... People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there's no fun in it at all.
The wonderful wizard of Oz - when was a child I loved the movie and I read the book when I got older and made me amazing
In this world in which we live simplicity and kindness are the only magic wands that work wonders
All magic is unnatural, and for that reason is to be feared and avoided ~ The Scarecrow
If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with.
