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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.
— L. Frank Baum
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
— L. Frank Baum
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!
— L. Frank Baum
What does it all mean? Am I a Gump, or am I a juggernaut?
— L. Frank Baum
He brought toys to the children because they were little and helpless, and because he loved them.
— L. Frank Baum
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.
— L. Frank Baum
No, indeed. I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all, he answered sadly.
— L. Frank Baum
The throne belongs to whoever is able to take it.
— L. Frank Baum
People would rather live in homes regardless of its grayness. There is no place like home.
— L. Frank Baum
One can be ugly in looks, but lovely in disposition.
— L. Frank Baum
Get lost, Dorothy." "It's the thing we don't expect, Billina, that usually happens," observed the girl, thoughtfully.
— L. Frank Baum
Only I never wish to get up in the morning" ~ Dorthy
— L. Frank Baum
For a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.
— L. Frank Baum
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
— L. Frank Baum
Even with eyes protected by the green spectacles, Dorothy and her friends were at first dazzled by the brilliancy of the wonderful City.
— L. Frank Baum
fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations. Yet
— L. Frank Baum
Beautiful things may be admired, if not loved,
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Tarts and tadpoles!...The boy is still alive!
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24. Home Again Aunt
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Nothing can resist your kind heart and your sharp axe.
— L. Frank Baum
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. — L. Frank Baum
All your troubles are due to those 'ifs', declared the Wizard.
— L. Frank Baum
My world, my world ... How can such a good little girl like you destroy all of my beautiful wickedness.- Wicket Witch of the North — L. Frank Baum
for experience does not always mean wisdom.
— L. Frank Baum
it's foolish to borrow trouble.
— L. Frank Baum
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.
— L. Frank Baum
Frank Baum knew at once he had written something special when he completed 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.'
— Michael Patrick Hearn
I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-wisp.
— L. Frank Baum
Brains are the only things worth having in this world.
— L. Frank Baum
No Queen with a frozen heart is fit to rule any country.
— L. Frank Baum
They seemed happy and contented, though," remarked the Wizard, "and those who are contented have nothing to regret and nothing more to wish for.
— L. Frank Baum
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.
— L. Frank Baum
To please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.
— L. Frank Baum
It is always wise to do one's duty, however unpleasant that duty may seem to be. -Ozma
— L. Frank Baum
Oz, the Great and Terrible.
— L. Frank Baum
But could you not be mended?" asked the girl. "Oh, yes; but one is never so pretty after being mended, you know," replied the Princess.
— L. Frank Baum
Do you think Oz could give me courage? asked the Cowardly Lion.
— L. Frank Baum
True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid ...
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came to eat the corn too, so in a short time there
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You have some queer friends, Dorothy,' she said.The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends,' was the answer — L. Frank Baum
Oh, if Shakespeare says it, that's all right.
— L. Frank Baum
Those who remember are usually the unhappy ones. Only those who are able to forget, find the most joy in life.
— L. Frank Baum
Now, that is very interesting history," said Jack, well pleased; "and I understand it perfectly all but the explanation.
— L. Frank Baum
She clapped the heels of her shoes together three times, saying: "Take me home to Aunt Em!" Instantly
— L. Frank Baum
Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [ ... ] When we waste time, we waste happiness.
— L. Frank Baum
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.
— L. Frank Baum
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
— L. Frank Baum
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? — L. Frank Baum
I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.
— L. Frank Baum
No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.
— L. Frank Baum
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.
— L. Frank Baum
The absurd and legendary devil is the enigma of the Church.
— L. Frank Baum
the queerest people she had ever seen.
— L. Frank Baum
If you are feeling blue, don't forget to breathe
— L. Frank Baum
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. — L. Frank Baum
How very wet this water is.
— L. Frank Baum
To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.
— L. Frank Baum
It is possible for any man, by good deeds, to enshrine himself as a Saint in the hearts of the people.
— L. Frank Baum
He can't get broke so long as he is stuffed with money.
— L. Frank Baum
Twilight fell, bye and bye, and then the dark shadows of night.
— L. Frank Baum
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
— L. Frank Baum
Then close your eyes and tap your heels together three times. And think to yourself, there's no place like home.
— L. Frank Baum
Like all bullies and marauders, Gos was a coward at heart
— L. Frank Baum
My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.
— L. Frank Baum
To destroy an offender cannot benefit society so much as to redeem him. (The Flying Girl, 1911)
— L. Frank Baum
I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.
— L. Frank Baum
When I return I shall be as other men are.""I have always liked you as you were," said Dorothy simply. — L. Frank Baum
4. The Road Through the Forest
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Nobody gets in to see the wizard. Not nobody.
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A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.
— L. Frank Baum
Lions and tigers and Funkyoid, oh my!
— L. Frank Baum
If I had a heart
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It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool.
— L. Frank Baum
The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.
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How can I help being a humbug ... when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can't be done?
— L. Frank Baum
Never give up ... No one knows what's going to happen next.
— L. Frank Baum
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
— L. Frank Baum
Floor and keep the fire fed with wood. Dorothy went to work meekly, with her mind made up to work as hard as she
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but one egg isn't good for anything at all
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There's no place like home...
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The Imaginative Child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization
— L. Frank Baum
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. — L. Frank Baum
