The lion is not so fierce as painted.

The wise lamb does not enrage the lion," he said. "It placates him, plays for time, and hopes for the best.

The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.

Smile, breathe and go slowly.

"and the Lion," he said to the Woodman, "and the bees cannot sting them." This the Woodman did, and as Dorothy lay close beside the Lion

Miss Kwan said, putting her voice into its “kindly” mode, which was only slightly less scary than full-on shouting.

There is sitting and there is sitting. (...) Each one waits for the other to move, but the lion is poised, his tail twitching, while the fawn is frozen by fear, bowels turned to belly. No matter which way he bounds, the lion will have him, and he knows it.

The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort.

better not bring up a lion inside your city,
But if you must, then humour all his moods.

"Why, I'm not afraid to go anywhere, if the Cowardly Lion is with me," she said. "I know him pretty well, and so I can trust him. He's always afraid, when we get into trouble, and that's why he's cowardly; but he's a terrible fighter, and that's why he isn't a coward. He doesn't like to fight, you know, but when he HAS to, there isn't any beast living that can conquer him."

"Any friend of Dorothy," remarked the Cowardly Lion, "must be our friend, as well. So let us cease this talk of skull crushing and converse upon more pleasant subjects. Have you breakfasted, Sir Horse?"

Guy believed everything in sex should be done slowly so as not to scare the wildlife and to ensure his own natural grace and poise.

She offered herself to him with that quiet expression which is peculiar to a good-natured courtesan.

She treated him with the casual kindness usually reserved for other people's pets.