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Dorothy Quotes

17 of the best book quotes from Dorothy
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“He doesn’t know what the truth means, so he does not even know how he lies. ”
Gregory Maguire
author
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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Dorothy
Wizard of Oz
Elphaba Thropp
characters
truth
evil
lies
corruption
concepts
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“I would say to you: Would you ever forgive me for that accident, for the death of your sister; would you ever forgive me, for I could never forgive myself!”
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If we walk far enough, we shall sometime come to someplace.
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People would rather live in homes regardless of its grayness. There is no place like home.
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You people with hearts, have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.
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Dorothy said nothing. Oz had not kept the promise he made her, but he had done his best. So she forgave him. As he said, he was a good man, even if he was a bad Wizard.
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No matter how dreary and grey our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful.
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Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don’t you think?
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She is protected by the Power of Good, and that is greater than the Power of Evil. All we can do is carry her to the castle of the Wicked Witch and leave her there.
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In the civilized countries I believe there are no witches left, nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor magicians.
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No matter how dreary and grey our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful.
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“The diamond ring was very, very sparkly indeed. My little sister turned it and turned it, and lots of shiny lights came out of it in all directions. Sometimes the lights were white and sometimes they had colours in them. My sister couldn’t stop looking at it.”
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“But my sister hadn’t meant to be naughty. She thought she had given the book-little-boy her own supper, and you know she was quite a greedy child, so it was a kind thing to do really.”
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″...before I even got indoors, I heard a waily-waily noise coming from the house, and my godmother-aunt said ‘that is your new sister.’ ”
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“You wouldn’t think there could be another child as naughty as my naughty little sister, would you? But there was...and this boy’s name was Harry.”
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“Granny’s big kitchen table looked just like a shop, there were so many things on it. There were jars and bottles and packets, full of currants and sultanas and raisins and ginger and candied peel and a big heap of suet on a board, and a big heap of brown sugar on a plate. There were apples and oranges and lemons, and even some big clean carrots.”
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“Presently my little sister began to wonder if the ring would taste as sparkly as it looked. It was sparklier than fizzy lemonade. So of course she put the ring in her mouth, and of course it didn’t taste like lemonade at all.”

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