L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum, better known by his pen name L. Frank Baum, was an American author chiefly known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works, and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers, wireless telephones, women in high risk, action-heavy occupations, and the ubiquity of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth15 May 1856
CountryUnited States of America
L. Frank Baum quotes about
The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.
No Queen with a frozen heart is fit to rule any country.
All the same,' said the Scarecrow, 'I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.' 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.
Now I know I've got a heart because it is breaking. - Tin Man
Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
It's so kind of you to want to visit me in my loneliness. - The Wicked Witch of the West. Now I know I have a heart, because it's breaking. - The Tin Woodsman Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
Oh, I see;" said the Tin Woodman. "But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world." Have you any?" enquired the Scarecrow. No, my head is quite empty," answered the Woodman; "but once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart.
You people with hearts,' he said once, 'have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.
I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.
During the year I stood there I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth.
I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.
To please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.
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.
But that isn't right. The King of Beasts shouldn't be a coward,'" said the Scarecrow. 'I know it,' returned the Lion, wiping a tear from his eye with the tip of his tail. 'It is my great sorrow, and makes my life very unhappy. But whenever there is danger, my heart begins to beat fast.' 'Perhaps you have heart disease,' said the Tin Woodman. 'It may be,' said the Lion.