Ozma of Oz Quotes

“You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“Only I never wish to get up in the morning" ~ Dorthy”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“I've married a man who owns nine cows," said Jinjur to Ozma, "and now I am happy and contented and willing to lead a quiet life and mind my own business."

"Where is your husband?" asked Ozma.

"He is in the house, nursing a black eye," replied Jinjur, calmly. "The foolish man would insist upon milking the red cow when I wanted him to milk the white one; but he will know better next time, I am sure.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“Fat babies! Don't they sound delicious? But I've never eaten any, because my conscience tells me it is wrong. If I had no conscience I would probably eat the babies and then get hungry again, which would mean that I had sacrificed the poor babies for nothing. No; hungry I was born, and hungry I shall die. But I'll not have any cruel deeds on my conscience to be sorry for.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“You'll be sorry for treating me this way," whined the Wheeler. "I'm a terribly fierce person.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“Mr. Smith was an art-ist, as well as an in-vent-or, and he paint-ed a pic-ture of a riv-er which was so nat-ur-al that, as he was reach-ing a-cross it to paint some flow-ers on the op-po-site bank, he fell in-to the wa-ter and was drowned.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“but one egg isn't good for anything at all”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“But I was raised in the United States, and I won't allow any one-horse chicken of the Land of Ev to run over me and put on airs, as long as I can lift a claw in self-defense.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“Is this a trial of thoughts, or of kittens?' demanded the Woggle-Bug.
'It's a trial of one kitten,' replied the Scarecrow; 'but your manner is a trial to us all.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“I can tell the time, though, by speak-ing, and as I nev-er sleep I can wak-en you at an-y hour you wish to get up in the morn-ing.'
'That's nice,' said the little girl; 'only I never wish to get up in the morning.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“That was yesterday, you know, and a Princess cannot be expected to remember today what she did yesterday.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“Hippikaloric!" which must be a dreadful word because we don't know what it means.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“I am on-ly a ma-chine,” said Tiktok. “I cannot be kind an-y more than I can be sor-ry or glad. I can on-ly do what I am wound up to do.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma Of Oz

“Here is your future ruler, King Evardo Fifteenth. He is fifteen years of age, has fifteen silver buckles on his jacket and is the fifteenth Evardo to rule the land of Ev." The people shouted their approval fifteen times,”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“to console the girl for the loss of her feathered friend.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“Tiktok received two bracelets set with eight rows of very clear and sparkling emeralds.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“That is the College of Art and Athletic Perfection," replied Ozma. "I had it built quite recently, and the Woggle-Bug is its president. It keeps him busy, and the young men who attend the college are no worse off than they were before.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“eldest”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“coronet”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

“So here I shall end my days; and I must say, Dorothy, my dear, that you are very foolish to go back into that stupid, humdrum world again.”
― L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz