Lyman Frank Baum

"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."

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."

I had time to think that the greatest loss I had known was the loss of my heart.

"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."

Chapter 1: The Cyclone

she stopped worrying and resolved to wait calmly and see what the future would bring.

Dorothy did not feel nearly so bad as you might think a little girl would who had been suddenly whisked away from her own country and set down in the midst of a strange land.

The country here is rich and pleasant, but you must pass through rough and dangerous places before you reach the end of your journey."

"No, indeed. I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all," he answered sadly.

"Do you think," he asked, "if I go to the Emerald City with you, that Oz would give me some brains?"