The Road Through the Forest
There is no place like home.
Why it was chosen
Home matters most after wonder has shown its limits. Marvels can dazzle the eye and still leave the heart naming one familiar place.
Selected Passages
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz selected passages.
These sentences were chosen for Today's Passage: lines worth reading slowly, returning to, and turning into copywork.
From Today's Passage
Sentences selected with care.
20 of 20 passages
The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
The True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.
Why it was chosen
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the act that fear does not prevent. The bravest hearts often tremble and continue.
The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
“You have plenty of courage, I am sure,” answered Oz.
Why it was chosen
Courage sometimes needs a sign before it can believe in itself. The gift may be real long before the ceremony confirms it.
The Road Through the Forest
The Scarecrow listened carefully, and said, “I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray place you call Kansas.
Why it was chosen
Home cannot be judged by scenery alone. Its value belongs to the heart that has made a place familiar through love.
The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
You know, of course, that courage is always inside one; so that this really cannot be called courage until you have swallowed it.
Why it was chosen
We often need signs and tokens before trusting what is already true. The heart asks for ceremony to believe its own courage.
The Guardian of the Gate
Toto only wagged his tail; for, strange to say, he could not speak.
Why it was chosen
Not every beloved creature needs to become marvelous. Sometimes the truest comfort is the one ordinary thing that remains unchanged.
The Deadly Poppy Field
I hope you will find the Emerald City and that Oz will help you.
Why it was chosen
Hope can move a journey forward before the helper has been tested. Faith often begins with a need larger than the evidence.
The Search for the Wicked Witch
You shall have nothing to eat until you do as I wish.
Why it was chosen
Wonder turns cruel when power begins with hunger. Even a magical country becomes frightening when obedience is demanded through need.
The Deadly Poppy Field
We must leave him here to sleep on forever, and perhaps he will dream that he has found courage at last.
Why it was chosen
Sleep can turn courage into an unfinished wish. Even the bravest longing must wait when the body cannot rise.
The Wonderful City of Oz
Therefore I have no heart, and cannot love.
Why it was chosen
A heart may be present long before someone believes they have one. Compassion often reveals what self-doubt cannot see.