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1 " You’re still a little shy, I see, the wizard noted. I think if you ignore evil, my friend, it tends to grow stronger. (Quinhelm, the wizard - from BRIGGEN) "
2 " Have you ever trained a girl to become a semizard?" " In all my years here?" He shook his auburn-tailed head slightly. " No." " Can't women use magic?" Smiling faintly that he had caught onto that, the wizard replied, " They already do. "
3 " Ah, well,' the Wizard said. 'I gather from all this-I shall make a note-that sometimes one must sacrifice for love.'Mirabelle looked intently at the Wizard. 'On the other hand,' the cat said at last, 'sometimes one must refuse to sacrifice. "
― , The Princess Who Stood on Her Own Two Feet
4 " Except... what Jesus said was: " I will build My church," not you. The verse is not a prediction, it is a proclamation of the Lord of the Earth, who never once talked of " children in subjection." or " wives be grave... sober, faithful in all things." In fact, reading the New Testament from the Gospels into Paul's letters, is like watching the Wizard of Oz backwards -- going from a world of color and amazement, into a land of black-and-white with insane devout women trying to kill your dog. -- editorial 2014 "
5 " Let me out, witch," growled Alice. She began to hum off key.Griselda stepped away from the door." I can help the little wee babes," Alice sung sweetly. " Through the woods and into the dark. Where he whispers the words to make his mark. Little boy of green..." Alice chuckled. " ...has gone to the wizard who is evil and mean. "
6 " In this state, the club was The Wizard of Oz made obvious: All the magic that went on here night after night, all the buzz and excitement, was really just a combination of electronics, booze, and chemicals, an illusion for the people who walked through the front doors, a fantasy that allowed them to be whatever they weren't in their day-to-day lives. "
― J.R. Ward , Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #7)
7 " Somehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins. He felt a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach, as he wiped his sword on the grass and put it back into its sheath. "
― J.R.R. Tolkien , The Hobbit
8 " Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the " ape" in apricot?~Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz "
9 " But when the wizard is onstage as the main character, you have to adopt what I call the Jack Vance Rule. I call it this because Jack Vance is the first author successfully and adroitly to have applied this rule in his The Dying Earth. The Jack Vance Rule is: (1) The wizard has to be able to do something unusual, or else he is not a wizard, (2) he cannot do everything, or else there is no drama; therefore (3) the story teller has to communicate to the reader whatever the dividing line is that separates what the wizard can do from what he cannot do, so that the reader can have a reasonable expectation of knowing what the wizard can and cannot do. "
― , Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth
10 " No matter what danger you might face," the wizard resumed, " within this book is a magical solution." I did as Ebenzum bade, opening to a page titled " EZ Wizard's Index." I scanned quickly down the righthand column:Demons, who are about to eat you, 206, 211Demons, who are about to tear you limb from limb, 207Demons, who are about thrash you soundly, 206-7Demons, who have already begun to eat you, 208" As you can see," my master continued, " quick reference to this index can prepare you for virtually any eventuality. "
11 " Arista," the wizard said, " sharks don't eat seafood because they like it, but because chickens don't swim. We all do the best we can with the tools we have, but at some point you have to ask yourself where the tools came from. "
12 " My first thought was that a tornado had somehow picked me up and carried me off, like in the Wizard of Oz. No old witches pedaled by, and I didn't see any flying farm animals or chicken coops, and after a few agonizing minutes, I fell deep into unconsciousness again. "
― J.R. Rain , Moon Bayou (Samantha Moon Case Files, #1)
13 " Mission motto, sir," said Carrot cheerfully. " Morituri Nolumus Mori. Rincewind suggested it." " I imagine he did," said Lord Vetinari, observing the wizard coldly. " And would you care to give us a colloquial translation, Mr Rincewind?" " Er..." Rincewind hesitated, but there really was no escape. " Er... roughly speaking, it means, 'We who are about to die don't want to', sir. "
14 " SIMPSONS BLUFFER'S RULE #2The competent bluffer should always refer to the performers who play The Simpsons as 'the voice talent' never 'actors'.For extra effect, drop their first names... This implies some tacit familiarity and your bluffee will simply melt before your eyes like the witch in The Wizard of Oz "
― , The Bluffer's Guide to The Simpsons
15 " Somewhere in the distance he could hear a wireless playing Judy Garland's 'Over the Rainbow.' Wolf had seen the film but, had he been the one swept up to the magical land of Oz, he would have raised an army of flying monkeys, stuck the witches in a concentration camp, razed the Emerald City to the ground and executed the wizard for communist sympathies, being a Jew, a homosexual, intellectually retarded, or all of the above.He did like the tune, though. "
― Lavie Tidhar
16 " After Arthur sent me away for my own good, it' like my life switched from color to black and white--like the ending of The Wizard of Oz. "
17 " Enemies,' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour. "
― Terry Goodkind , Debt of Bones (Sword of Truth, #0.5)
18 " Because, like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, I was embraced by the gays. They loved me and praised me. I was funny and so mean and mature for my age! "
19 " We don't consider the Wizard of Oz or Father Christmas to be too old. They're still magical characters, and the fact they've been around the block only adds to their magic. "
