“It was a terrible thing to undergo, but during the year I stood there I had time to think that the greatest… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
If we didn't want anything, we would never get anything, good or bad. I think our longings are natural, and if we… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“I'm glad I don't know everything, Dorothy, and that there still are things in both nature and in wit for me to… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“Everything perishes except the world itself and its keepers...But while life lasts everything on earth has its use. The wise seek ways… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“...it is folly for us to try to appear otherwise than as nature has made us.” — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
During the year I stood there I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country,… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
The proud spirit of the original owners of these vast prairies inherited through centuries of fierce and bloody wars for their possession, lingered last… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing - are likely to lead… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“Perhaps I should admit on the title page that this book is "By L. Frank Baum and his correspondents," for I have used many… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray prairie on every side. Not a tree… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“you do not I will make an end of you, as I did of the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow." Dorothy followed her through… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
