L. Frank Baum

“With Dorothy hard at work, the”

— L. Frank Baum

“Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.”

— L. Frank Baum

Beautiful things may be admired, if not loved,

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Everything in life is unusual until you become accustomed to it.

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“My heart is quite the best part of me.”

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“Emerald City. Not all the people could go to congratulate”

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“If you are feeling blue, don't forget to breathe”

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“but one egg isn't good for anything at all”

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“for my life is simply unbearable without a bit of courage.”

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It is kindness that makes one strong and brave; and so we are kind to our prisoners.

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

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He is my dog, Toto," answered Dorothy. "Is he made of tin, or stuffed?" asked the Lion. "Neither. He's a-- a-- a…

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There's no place like home, there's no place like home, 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

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“...thanks for good deeds do not amount to much except to prove one's politeness.”

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

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“...it is always wise to do one's duty, however unpleasant that duty may seem to be." -Ozma”

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Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms…

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“Well," said Dorothy, "I was born on a farm in Kansas, and I guess that's being just as 'spectable and haughty as…

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“you do not I will make an end of you, as I did of the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow." Dorothy followed…

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A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are…

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“Do not, I beg of you, dampen today's sun with the showers of tomorrow." - Emperor Nick Chopper (The Tin Woodsman) -The…

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You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing…

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It's so kind of you to want to visit me in my loneliness. - The Wicked Witch of the West. Now I…

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That proves you are unusual,' returned the Scarecrow; 'and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world…

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“Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through…

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“It's a bird of some sort. It's like a duck, only I never saw a duck have so many colors." The bird…

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“It's the latest popular song," declared the phonograph, speaking in a sulky tone of voice. "A popular song?" "Yes. One that the…

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A curious thing about Ugu the Shoemaker was that he didn't suspect in the least that he was wicked. He wanted to…

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As the years pass, and we look back on something which, at the time, seemed unbelievably discouraging and unfair, we come to…

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“Why, I'm not afraid to go anywhere, if the Cowardly Lion is with me," she said. "I know him pretty well, and…

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The proud spirit of the original owners of these vast prairies inherited through centuries of fierce and bloody wars for their possession,…

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Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love…

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I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.

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To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.

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Never give up. No one knows what's going to happen next.

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“Only I never wish to get up in the morning" ~ Dorthy”

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True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid...

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“to console the girl for the loss of her feathered friend.”

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“Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it.”

— L. Frank Baum