You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins. We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and for setting our people free from bondage.

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.

I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.

Everything in life is unusual until you become accustomed to it.

I am Oz, the Great and Terrible," spoke the Beast, in a voice that was one great roar. Who are you, and why do you seek me?

No Queen with a frozen heart is fit to rule any country.

Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.