“And I,” declared the SawHorse, filling in an awkward pause, “am only remarkable because I can't help it.”

The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.

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.

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.

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

For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to his advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of his days.

The absurd and legendary devil is the enigma of the Church.