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The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12) QUOTES

The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12) QUOTES

1 " A beautiful girl is much superior to a little yellow bird, and a boy—such as I was—far better than a Green Monkey. "

― L. Frank Baum , The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12)

2 " If you desire it," promised the Tin Woodman, leaning back in his tin throne and crossing his tin legs. "I haven't related my history in a long while, because everyone here knows it nearly as well as I do. But you, being a stranger, are no doubt curious to learn how I became so beautiful and prosperous, so I will recite for your benefit my strange adventures. "

― L. Frank Baum , The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12)

3 " Thoughts should be restrained in the same way as your oil, and only applied when necessary, and for a good purpose. If used carefully, thoughts are good things to have. "

― L. Frank Baum , The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12)

4 " If you think of some dreadful thing, it's liable to happen, but if you don't think of it, and no one else thinks of it, it just can't happen. "

― L. Frank Baum , The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12)

5 " I wouldn't ask anyone to take this dreadful form," said Woot; "it wouldn't be right, you know. I've been a monkey for some time, now, and I don't like it. It makes me ashamed to be a beast of this sort when by right of birth I'm a boy; so I'm sure it would be wicked to ask anyone else to take my place." They "

― L. Frank Baum , The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12)

6 " I have escaped so many dangers, during my lifetime, that I am not much afraid of anything that can happen. "

― L. Frank Baum , The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12)

7 " Be contented with your fate, for discontent leads to unhappiness, and unhappiness, in any form, is the greatest evil that can befall you. "

― L. Frank Baum , The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12)

8 " Children who eat between meals should be broken of the habit. "

― L. Frank Baum , The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12)

9 " To be just like other persons is small credit to one, while to be unlike others is a mark of distinction. "

― L. Frank Baum , The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12)

10 " And I am resolved never to speak again without taking time to think carefully on what I am going to say, for I realize that speech without thought is dangerous "

― L. Frank Baum , The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12)

11 " All persons are usually judged by the shapes in which they appear to the eyes of others. "

― L. Frank Baum , The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12)