Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child, and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms the commonplace into the great and creates the new out of the old.

— L. Frank Baum

That proves you are unusual," returned the Scarecrow; "and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.

— L. Frank Baum

The Glass Cat is one of the most curious creatures in all Oz. It was made by a famous magician named Dr. Pipe before OMA had forbidden her subjects to work magic. Dr. Pipe had made the Glass Cat to catch mice, but the Cat refused to catch mice and was considered more curious than useful. This astonishing cat was made all glass and was so clear and transparent that you could see through it as easily as through a window. In the top of its head, however, was a mass of delicate pink balls which looked like jewels but were intended for brains. It had a heart made of a blood-red ruby. The eyes were two large emeralds. But, aside from these colors, all the rest of the animal was of clear glass, and it had a spun-glass tail that was really beautiful.

— L. Frank Baum

The reason most people are bad is that they do not try to be good." L. Frank Baum, The Emerald City of Oz, 1910

— L. Frank Baum

There's no place like home...

— L. Frank Baum

The women of the world will dominate politics, some day, and you mustn't be too old-fashioned in your notions to join the procession of progress.

— L. Frank Baum

The wonderful wizard of Oz - when was a child I loved the movie and I read the book when I got older and made me amazing

— L. Frank Baum

This is the way to get ideas: never to let adverse circumstances discourage you, but to believe there is a way out of every difficulty, which may be found by earnest though.

— L. Frank Baum

To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.

— L. Frank Baum

Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him; but he knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him unhappy too.

— L. Frank Baum