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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

It is useless to fight people with shooting heads; no one can withstand them. — 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

The queerness doesn't matter so long as they're friends. — L. Frank Baum

One can be ugly in looks, but lovely in disposition. — L. Frank Baum

24. Home Again Aunt — L. Frank Baum

Only I never wish to get up in the morning" ~ Dorthy — L. Frank Baum

The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life. — 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

Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
- Wizard — L. Frank Baum

a good heart is, I believe, much more desirable than education or brains. — L. Frank Baum

Beautiful things may be admired, if not loved, — L. Frank Baum

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. — 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

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

A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others — 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

True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid ... — L. Frank Baum

Brains are the only things worth having in this world. — L. Frank Baum

And as they walked along he sang "Tol-de-ri-de-oh!" at every step, he felt so gay. — 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

Demons may be either good or bad, like any other class of beings. — L. Frank Baum

No Queen with a frozen heart is fit to rule any country. — L. Frank Baum

I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-wisp. — L. Frank Baum

came to eat the corn too, so in a short time there — L. Frank Baum

Do you think Oz could give me courage? asked the Cowardly Lion. — L. Frank Baum

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

The Tin Woodman was about to reply when he heard a low growl, and turning — 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

Tarts and tadpoles!...The boy is still alive! — 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

In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child. — 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

But you will admit that it's a good thing to be alive." "Especially — 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

Perhaps it is better to be a machine that does its duty than a flesh-and-blood person who will not, for a dead truth is better than a live falsehood. — 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

One who is Master of himself is always a King, if only to himself. — 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 — L. Frank Baum

Nobody gets in to see the wizard. Not nobody. — L. Frank Baum

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 — L. Frank Baum

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. — L. Frank Baum

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 — L. Frank Baum

but one egg isn't good for anything at all — L. Frank Baum

There's no place like home... — L. Frank Baum

In other words, the more stupid one is, the more he thinks he knows. — L. Frank Baum

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

Oh - You're a very bad man!
Oh, no my dear. I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad Wizard. — L. Frank Baum

It isn't what we are, but what folks think we are, that counts in this world. — L. Frank Baum

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. — L. Frank Baum

I have always thought myself very big and terrible; yet such little things as flowers came near to killing me, — L. Frank Baum