L. Frank Baum Quotes
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L. Frank Baum Famous Quotes & Sayings
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It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.
Toto did not like this addition to the party at first. He smelled around the stuffed man as if he suspected there might be a nest
But love is a stubborn thing to conquer. When you think you've killed it, it's liable to bob up again as strong as ever.
An educated Woggle-Bug may be a new thing; but a Woggle-Bug education is as old as the hills, judging from the display you make of it.
The Lion. "They of seem so helpless and frail. But there are none in the forest so bright as these." They now came upon more and more of the big
This Guph was really a clever rascal, and it seems a pity he was so bad, for in a good cause he might have accomplished much.
And I' declared the Sawhorse, filling an awkward pause, 'am only remarkable because I can't help it.
My world, my world ... How can such a good little girl like you destroy all of my beautiful wickedness.
- Wicket Witch of the North
- Wicket Witch of the North
That is all that makes life worth our while - to do good deeds and to help those less fortunate than ourselves.
A beautiful girl is much superior to a little yellow bird, and a boy - such as I was - far better than a Green Monkey.
You are both rich my friends ... And your riches are the only riches worth having, the riches of content.
You began it," declared Dorothy. "Well, you ended it, so we won't argue the matter. May we come out again? Or are you still cruel and slappy?
I'm glad I don't know everything, Dorothy, and that there still are things in both nature and in wit for me to marvel at.
The beauty of life is its sudden changes. No one knows what is going to happen next, and so we are constantly being surprised and entertained.
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.
Oh, dear! Oh, dear!" cried Dorothy, clasping her hands together in dismay. "The house must have fallen on her. Whatever shall we do?
They seemed happy and contented, though," remarked the Wizard, "and those who are contented have nothing to regret and nothing more to wish for.
Is it a toy?" asked Button-Bright softly.
"No, dear," answered Dorothy; "it's better than that. It's the fairy dwelling of a fairy prince.
"No, dear," answered Dorothy; "it's better than that. It's the fairy dwelling of a fairy prince.
How can I help being a humbug ... when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can't be done?
Floor and keep the fire fed with wood. Dorothy went to work meekly, with her mind made up to work as hard as she
The Imaginative Child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization
How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
I don't know, but some people without brains do an awful lot of talking.
I don't know, but some people without brains do an awful lot of talking.
Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose.
I have always thought myself very big and terrible; yet such little things as flowers came near to killing me,
Your mathematics seem to me very like a bottle of mixed pickles the more you fish for what you want the less chance you have of getting it.
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
I never deal in transformations, for they are not honest, and no respectable sorceress likes to make things appear to be what they are not.
Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [ ... ] When we waste time, we waste happiness.
It is possible for any man, by good deeds, to enshrine himself as a Saint in the hearts of the people.
Then close your eyes and tap your heels together three times. And think to yourself, there's no place like home.
My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.
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.
Those who remember are usually the unhappy ones. Only those who are able to forget, find the most joy in life.
Now, that is very interesting history," said Jack, well pleased; "and I understand it perfectly all but the explanation.
She clapped the heels of her shoes together three times, saying: "Take me home to Aunt Em!" Instantly
Do try to be more cheerful and take life as you find it -The Scarecrow - The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 135 chapter 18
fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations. Yet
You people with hearts,' he said once, 'have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.