Frank Baum
Frank Baum
appreciate littles misery
A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.
rainbow bird littles
Birds fly over the rainbow, Why then - oh, why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow why, oh why, can't I.
wise littles fairy
Mortals seldom know how greatly they are influenced by fairies, knooks and ryls, who often put thoughts into their heads that only the wise little immortals could have conceived.
men littles next
…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.
children littles toys
He brought toys to the children because they were little and helpless, and because he loved them.
folks man observed stay walk
Roads," observed the shaggy man, "don't go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them.
breathing blue life-and-death
Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
children entertainment morality
Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder-tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident.
reality should-have years
As the years pass, and we look back on something which, at the time, seemed unbelievably discouraging and unfair, we come to realize that, after all, God was at all times on our side. The eventual outcome was, we discover, by far the best solution for us, and what we thought should have been to our best advantage, would in reality have been quite detrimental.
home wizard-of-oz-wizard sweet-home
There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.
morning fun night
To be angry once in a while is really good fun, because it makes others so miserable. But to be angry morning, noon and night, as I am, grows monotonous and prevents my gaining any other pleasure in life.
fighting winning victory
An eastern contemporary, with a grain of wisdom in its wit, says that "when the whites win a fight, it is a victory, and when the Indians win it, it is a massacre.
age world wonder
It is a callous age; we have seen so many marvels that we are ashamed to marvel more; the seven wonders of the world have become seven thousand wonders.
awkward helping filling
And I' declared the Sawhorse, filling an awkward pause, 'am only remarkable because I can't help it.