Not an ugly color, Nanny thought. Just not a human color.

Little critters fried like fritters come out crunchy and divine.

How poetic you are," she said. "I've a notion that poetry is the highest form of self-deception.

I hate to be obvious," added the Scarecrow, "but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.

It isn’t hard to find evil in this world. Evil is always more easily imagined than good, somehow.

There were more ways to live than the ones given by one's superiors

I take responsibility only for the future, not the past. The past can't hurt you the way the future can.