Wizard of Oz Quotes from the Book with printable bookmarks

Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife.

It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings.

The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick,” said the Witch, “so you cannot miss it.

I do not want people to call me a fool, and if my head stays stuffed with straw instead of with brains, as yours is, how am I ever to know anything?

No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.

If this road goes in, it must come out,” said the Scarecrow, “and as the Emerald City is at the other end of the road, we must go wherever it leads us.

Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.

Anyone would know that,” said Dorothy. “Certainly; that is why I know it,” returned the Scarecrow. “If it required brains to figure it out, I never should have said it.

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.

You people with hearts,” he said, “have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.

Perhaps,” said the Lion thoughtfully, “if I had no heart I should not be a coward.

I am Oz, the Great and Terrible. Who are you, and why do you seek me?

I am Dorothy, the Small and Meek. I have come to you for help.

I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.

Oh, no, my dear; I’m really a very good man, but I’m a very bad Wizard, I must admit.

Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.

You have plenty of courage, I am sure,” answered Oz. “All you need is confidence in yourself.

There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.

Your Silver Shoes will carry you over the desert,” replied Glinda. “If you had known their power you could have gone back to your Aunt Em the very first day you came to this country.

But then I should not have had my wonderful brains!” cried the Scarecrow. “I might have passed my whole life in the farmer’s cornfield.

And I should not have had my lovely heart,” said the Tin Woodman. “I might have stood and rusted in the forest till the end of the world.

Aunt Em had just come out of the house to water the cabbages when she looked up and saw Dorothy running toward her.

From the Land of Oz,” said Dorothy gravely. “And here is Toto, too. And oh, Aunt Em! I’m so glad to be at home again!