Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me. When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children. For aside from my evident inability to do anything "great," I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp which, when caught, is not worth the possession; but to please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.

Lions and tigers, and bears, oh my! - Dorothy in Wizard of Oz

Dorothy said nothing. Oz had not kept the promise he made her, but he had done his best. So she forgave him. As he said, he was a good man, even if he was a bad Wizard.

It isn't what we are, but what folks think we are, that counts in this world.

The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life.

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.

The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.