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

— L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)

About L. Frank Baum

1856 – 1919

American author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".

“Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization.”

“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.”

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”

“If a man could half his wishes he would double his troubles.”

“Wit is cultured insolence.”

“A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end.”

“Your race, in its poverty, has unquestionably one really effective weapon—laughter.”