“- Seja como for - disse o Espantalho -, eu vou pedir um cérebro em vez de um coração; porque um bobo não ia saber o que fazer com um coração se tivesse um. - Pois eu vou pedir um coração - replicou o Homem de Lata. - porque um cérebro não torna uma pessoa feliz; e a felicidade é a melhor coisa do mundo. Dorothy então nada disse, porque estava intrigada em descobrir qual de seus novos amigos estava certo!”

L. Frank BaumO Maravilhoso Mágico de Oz.

“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.”

—L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“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 Land of Oz

Would You Rather...?

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follow the yellow brick road or fall down the rabbit hole?

I Heart Classics Quotes: L. Frank Baum

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  • glinda: you don't need my help. you always had the power to go home!
  • dorothy:
  • dorothy: you
  • dorothy: little
  • dorothy: bitch

“'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 Marvelous Land of Oz

“The world was made for men," said he to Santa Claus, "and I have but guarded the forests until men needed them for their use. I am glad my strong trees can furnish shelter for men's weak bodies, and warm them through the cold winters. But I hope they will not cut down all the trees, for mankind needs the shelter of the woods in summer as much as the warmth of blazing logs in winter. And, however crowded the world may grow, I do not think men will ever come to Burzee, nor to the Great Black Forest, nor to the wooded wilderness of Braz; unless they seek their shades for pleasure and not to destroy their giant trees.”

—In his lesser-known tale of the life and adventures of Santa Claus, written more than 100 years ago, Wizard of Oz creator L. Frank Baum presages humanity’s extreme entitlement that has produced the ecological collapse of the past century, including the demise of some of Earth’s oldest trees.
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