L. Frank Baum Quotes

"As these two officials took their places, Dorothy asked: "Why is the colander the High Priest?" "He's the holiest thing we have in the kingdom," replied King Kleaver. "Except me," said a sieve. "I'm the whole thing when it comes to holes.

"All right; let's go!" Trot decided. "But where's Button-Bright?" Just at this important moment Button-Bright was lost again, and they all scattered in search of him. He had been standing beside them just a few minutes before, but his friends had an exciting hunt for him before they finally discovered the boy seated among the members of the band, beating the end of the bass drum with the bone of a turkey-leg that he had taken from the table in the banquet room. "Hello, Trot," he said, looking up at the little girl when she found him. "This is the first chance I ever had to pound a drum with a reg'lar drum stick. And I ate all the meat off the bone myself."

In this world in which we live simplicity and kindness are the only magic wands that work wonders,

Yet Dorothy felt a sort of joyous excitement in defying the storm,

The True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.

do not know where Kansas is, for I have never heard that country mentioned before. But tell me, is it a civilized country?

when you marry a girl, you marry the inside as well as the outside

But you see, the Land of Oz has never been civilized, for we are cut off from the rest of the world. Therefore we still have witches and wizards amongst us.

Don’t try, my dear,

There followed another band after this, which was called the Royal Court Band, because the members all lived in the palace. They wore white uniforms with real diamond buttons and played “What is Oz without Ozma” very sweetly.

but you will admit that it's a good thing to be alive.

shoes were so cut and slashed that they were ready to fall from her feet.

"You have some queer friends, Dorothy," she said. "The queerness doesn't matter so long as they're friends,"

poor people are often obliged to take chances that rich ones are spared.

‫.. أن أعظم خسارة عرفتها كانت خسارة قلبي. كنت أسعد رجل على ظهر الأرض حين كنت مغرماً، ولكن لا يمكن لأمرئ أن يحب من لا قلب له.