The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Quotes

“Everyone loved her, but her greatest sorrow was that she could find no one to love in return, since all the men were much too stupid and ugly to mate with one so beautiful and wise.”

― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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“I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.”

― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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“Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.”

― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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“We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and for setting our people free from bondage.”

― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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“There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.”

― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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“I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.”

― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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“once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart.”

― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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“No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.”

― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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“I have heard that Glinda is a beautiful woman, who knows how to keep young in spite of the many years she has lived.”

― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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“I have been wicked in my day, but I never thought a little girl like you would ever be able to melt me and end my wicked deeds.”

― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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