“I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.”

— L. Frank Baum, book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Source: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Context: "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."
"I shall take the heart," returned the Tin Woodman; "for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world."

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Children's writer, editor, journalist, screenwriter 1856–1919

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