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I never think of policemen's wives; their beauty maddens me like wine.
~ Kyril Bonfiglioli
I very carefully levered up an eyelid and shut it again fast. A merciless sunbeam had squirted straight in, making my brain bleed.
~ Kyril Bonfiglioli
He is my dog, Toto, answered Dorothy. Is he made of tin, or stuffed? asked the Lion. Neither. He's a-- a-- a meat dog, said the girl.
~ L. Frank Baum
In this world in which we live simplicity and kindness are the only magic wands that work wonders
~ L. Frank Baum
Oh, if Shakespeare says it, that's all right.
~ L. Frank Baum
Only I never wish to get up in the morning ~ Dorthy
~ L. Frank Baum
She said, You might become politicians. No! cried Beni, with sudden fierceness; we must not abandon our high calling. Bandits we have always been, and bandits we must remain!
~ L. Frank Baum
H.M., said the Woggle-Bug, pompously, means Highly Magnified; and T.E. means Thoroughly Educated. I am, in reality, a very big bug, and doubtless the most intelligent being in all this broad domain. How well you disguise it, said the Wizard.
~ L. Frank Baum
You began it, declared Dorothy. Well, you ended it, so we won't argue the matter. May we come out again? Or are you still cruel and slappy?
~ L. Frank Baum
I'm glad you have decided to come back and restore order, for doing housework and minding the children is wearing out the strength of every man in the Emerald City. Hm! said the Scarecrow, thoughtfully. If it is such hard work as you say, how did the women manage it so easily? I really do not know replied the man, with a deep sigh. Perhaps the women are made of castiron.
~ L. Frank Baum
for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.
~ L. Frank Baum
Neither. He's a—a—a meat dog.
~ L. Frank Baum
nor the dog she carries in her arms. Your power over our band is now ended, and you will never see us again. Then all the Winged Monkeys, with much laughing and chattering and noise
~ L. Frank Baum
Is this a trial of thoughts, or of kittens?' demanded the Woggle-Bug. 'It's a trial of one kitten,' replied the Scarecrow; 'but your manner is a trial to us all.
~ L. Frank Baum
We are all vegetable, in this country. Are you not vegetable, also? No, answered the Wizard. People on top of the earth are all meat. Will
~ L. Frank Baum
and took no pains to hide his feelings. Indeed, he sometimes showed less respect for the old woman than he should have
~ L. Frank Baum
You're more than that, said the Scarecrow, in a grieved tone; you're a humbug. Exactly so! declared the little man, rubbing his hands together as if it pleased him. I am a humbug.
~ L. Frank Baum
Here is your future ruler, King Evardo Fifteenth. He is fifteen years of age, has fifteen silver buckles on his jacket and is the fifteenth Evardo to rule the land of Ev. The people shouted their approval fifteen times
~ L. Frank Baum
But could you not be mended? asked the girl. Oh, yes; but one is never so pretty after being mended, you know, replied the Princess.
~ L. Frank Baum
Now, that is very interesting history, said Jack, well pleased; and I understand it perfectly all but the explanation.
~ L. Frank Baum
With my list'ning and my shouting I prevent this mount from spouting, And that makes me so important that I'm glad that I'm alive.
~ L. Frank Baum
the Lion. They of seem so helpless and frail. But there are none in the forest so bright as these. They now came upon more and more of the big
~ L. Frank Baum
Perhaps it is better to be a machine that does its duty than a flesh-and-blood person who will not, for a dead truth is better than a live falsehood
~ L. Frank Baum
The creature is made of wood, replied the captain. Your magic will not work on wood, you know.
~ L. Frank Baum