“ It's a bird of some sort. It's like a duck, only I never saw a duck have so many colors."The bird swam swiftly and gracefully toward the Magic Isle, and as it drew nearer its gorgeously colored plumag… L. Frank Baum
“ 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. L. Frank Baum
“ People would rather live in homes regardless of its grayness. There is no place like home. 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 shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world. L. Frank Baum
“ In the civilized countries I believe there are no witches left, nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor magicians" ~ The Witch of the North L. Frank Baum
“ 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. L. Frank Baum
“ All the same,' said the Scarecrow,'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.''I shall take the heart,' returned the Tin Woodman,'for b… L. Frank Baum
“ This is the way to get ideas: never to let adverse circumstances discourage you, but to believe there is a way out of every difficulty, which may be found by earnest though. L. Frank Baum
“ I can tell the time, though, by speak-ing, and as I nev-er sleep I can wak-en you at an-y hour you wish to get up in the morn-ing.''That's nice,' said the little girl; 'only I never wish to get up in… L. Frank Baum
“ Dorothy did not feel nearly so bad as you might think a little girl who had been so suddenly whisked away from her own country and set down in the middle of a strange land 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
“ Now then, Mr. Crab," said the zebra, "here are the people I told you about; and they know more than you do, who live in a pool, and more than I do, who live in a forest. For they have been travelers a… L. Frank Baum
“ The Glass Cat is one of the most curious creatures in all Oz. It was made by a famous magician named Dr. Pipt before Ozma had forbidden her subjects to work magic. Dr. Pipt had made the Glass Cat to c… L. Frank Baum
“ All magic is unnatural, and for that reason is to be feared and avoided ~ The Scarecrow L. Frank Baum
