To be angry once in a while is really good fun, because it makes others so miserable. But to be angry morning, noon and night, as I am, grows monotonous and prevents my gaining any other pleasure in life.

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.

I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world.

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

He brought toys to the children because they were little and helpless, and because he loved them.

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.