“In this world in which we live simplicity and kindness are the only magic wands that work wonders” — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“I think you are a very bad man," said Dorothy. "Oh, no, my dear; I'm really a very good man, but I'm… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“People often do a good deed without hope of reward, but for an evil deed they always demand payment.” — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray place you call… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“It's a bird of some sort. It's like a duck, only I never saw a duck have so many colors." The bird… — 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
“The Glass Cat is one of the most curious creatures in all Oz. It was made by a famous magician named Dr.… — 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
