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“You have; and I’ve restrained a good many of them,â€� replied the insect. “But there are opportunities for so many excellent puns in our language that, to an educated person like myself, the temptation to express them is almost irresistible.”
― The Marvelous Land of Oz
― The Marvelous Land of Oz

“Was Ozma once a boy?" asked Zeb, wonderingly. "Yes; a wicked witch enchanted her, so she could not rule her kingdom. But she's a girl now, and the sweetest, loveliest girl in all the world.”
― Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
― Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

“Nothing strikes me as truly weird,â€� Jilly told him. “There’s only stuff I haven’t figured out yet.”
― The Very Best of Charles de Lint
― The Very Best of Charles de Lint

“One of the many things Mike could never understand in Psmith was his fondness for getting into atmospheres that were not his own. He would go out of his way to do this. Mike, like most boys of his age, was never really happy and at his ease except in the presence of those of his own years and class. Psmith, on the contrary, seemed to be bored by them, and infinitely preferred talking to somebody who lived in quite another world.”
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