I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.

Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [...] When we waste time, we waste happiness.

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.

All the same,' said the Scarecrow, 'I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.' I shall take the heart,' returned the Tin Woodman, 'for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.

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

…and the next moment all of them were filled with wonder. For they saw, standing in just the spot the screen had hidden, a little old man, with a bald head and a wrinkled face, who seemed to be as much surprised as they were.

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