Sam Reviews "The Marvelous Land of Oz" by L. Frank Baum (Oz, #2)

"By the time Tip had picked himself up and cleared the dust from his throat so he could say 'Whoa!' there was no further need of saying it, for the horse was long since out of sight.  So he did the only sensible thing he could do.  He sat down and took a great rest, and afterward began walking along the road."

"You seem harmless, Folks do not smile so delightfully when they mean mischief."

Thought it was kind of cool that the General of the Revolt Army is a girl, but then the author wrote that she wanted the emeralds used in the emerald city of decoration to be used for jewelry instead so it almost seems like a slight insult to girls.

New word/term learned:  Quoits (koits, kwoits, kwaits) is a traditional gamewhich involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over a set distance, usually to land over or near a spike (sometimes called a hob, mott or pin). The sport of quoits encompasses several distinct variations.

I guess the Tin [Wood]man's name is Nick Chopper.

"Do not dampen today's sun with the showers of tomorrow."

"Tailors having, like cats, nine lives, as you probably know."

"Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it."

"Still, it is a Joke.  And a Joke derived from a play upon words is considered among educated people to be eminently proper. ...  To pronounce a joke that allows both meanings of a certain word, proves the joker a person of culture and refinement, who has, moreover, a thorough command of the language."

Very clever of the travelers to ask a mouse to walk ahead of them so the Mombi's tricks could be detected.

"'I'm glad you have decided to come back and restore order, for doing housework and minding the children is wearing out the strength of every man in the Emerald City.'
"'Hm!' said the Scarecrow, thoughtfully.  'If it is such hard work as you say, how did the women manager is so easily?'
"'I really do not know' replied the man, with a deep sigh.  'Perhaps the women are made of cast-iron.'"

"Why, when it comes to law, I have nothing to say, for laws were never meant to be understood, and it is foolish to make the attempt."

"That proves you are unusual and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed."

"I am only remarkable because I can't help it."

New word learned:  Lorgnette:  a pair of glasses or opera glasses held in front of a person's eyes by a long handle at one side.

"The Wonderful Wizard was never so wonderful as Queen Ozma, for he claimed to do many things he could not do; whereas our new Queen does many things no one would ever expect her to accomplish."

"I am [the richest man in all the world] but not on account of my money.  For I consider brains far superior to money, in every way.  You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of his days."

"At the same time, you must acknowledge that a good heart is a thing that brains can not create, and that money can not buy. Perhaps, after all, it is I [the Tin Woodman] who am the richest man in all the world."

"You are both rich, my friends, and your riches are the only riches worth having - the riches of content!"