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“No one can love a person he's afraid of," asserted Dorothy.”
― L. Frank Baum, Oz: The Complete Collection

“Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“Of course you don't know. Nobody knows why; we only know it's so, and can't tell why it's so.”
― L. Frank Baum, Oz: The Complete Collection

“Never laugh at live dragons,”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“The only way to do a thing
Is do it when you can,
And do it cheerfully, and sing
And work and think and plan.
The only real unhappy one
Is he who dares to shirk;
The only really happy one
Is he who cares to work.”
― L. Frank Baum, Oz: The Complete Collection

“May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“But our back is to legends and we are coming home.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“You have some queer friends, Dorothy," she said. "The queerness doesn't matter so long as they're friends,”
― L. Frank Baum, Oz: The Complete Collection

“In this world in which we live simplicity and kindness are the only magic wands that work wonders,”
― L. Frank Baum, Oz: The Complete Collection

“I never criticise my friends. If they are really true friends, they may be anything they like, for all of me.”
― L. Frank Baum, Oz: The Complete Collection

“The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“The natural elements were at war with one another because we abused our ecosystem. Abused our atmosphere. Abused our animals. Abused our fellow man.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“and those who are contented have nothing to regret and nothing more to wish for.”
― L. Frank Baum, Oz: The Complete Collection

“To be individual, my friends, to be different from others, is the only way to become distinguished from the common herd. Let us be glad, therefore, that we differ from one another in form and in disposition. Variety is the spice of life, and we are various enough to enjoy one another's society; so let us be content.”
― L. Frank Baum, Oz: The Complete Collection

“Your quest is powerful. You needn’t apologize for the space it takes.”
― Barbara O'Neal, When We Believed in Mermaids