lions, and tigers, and bears...oh my!

the help.  novel and book...well-done. 

"i don't know what to say to her.  all i know is, i ain't saying it.  and i know she ain't saying what she want a say either and it's a strange thing happening here cause nobody saying nothing and we still managing to have us a conversation." {the help, kathryn stockett}

"mrs. charlotte phelan's guide to husband-hunting, rule number one:  a pretty, petite girl should accentuate with makeup and good posture.  a tall plain one, with a trust fund." {the help, kathryn stockett}

"'saying thank you, when you really mean it, when you remember what someone done for you...it's so good'" {the help, kathryn stockett}

i was disappointed with the wonderful wizard of oz.  i found the movie to be more much interesting than the book.  my biggest disappointment was with the famous slippers though.  in the book, the slippers were silver.  silver?!?!  what happened to the ruby slippers?!?!  okay, so yes, i know the book came first, but still.  how very disappointing.

"no matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful.  there is no place like home."  {the wonderful wizard of oz, l. frank baum}

"'all the same,' said the scarecrow, 'i shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one."  {the wonderful wizard of oz, l. frank baum}

"everyone loved her, but her greatest sorrow was that she could find no one to love in return, since all the men were much too stupid and ugly to mate with one so beautiful and wise."  {the wonderful wizard of oz, l. frank baum}

"experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get."  {the wonderful wizard of oz, l. frank baum}

"'you have plenty of courage, i am sure,' answered oz.  'all you need is confidence in yourself.  there is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger.  the true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.'"  {the wonderful wizard of oz, l. frank baum}

"all you have to do is knock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry you wherever you wish to go."  {the wonderful wizard of oz, l. frank baum}