Tin Man Quotes

“...and remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.”
― Noel Langley, The Wizard of Oz Screenplay

“I thought about the cast of The Wizard of Oz on the yellow brick road and wondered which character I was. Perhaps the Tin Man, in search of a red, pulsating heart. Or at least someone to give it to.”
― Kate Rockland, Falling Is Like This

“What Promise of a new day does one have to ignore to laugh so early in the morning?”
― Leot Felton, The After

“Soft hearts provide poor harbor; tin hearts can better stand against time and bad weather, thin and hollow as they are. So you pray to change from flesh to metal, and the dying Author of the world hears your plea and performs his final miracle. He lays His hand on you and then He vanishes. And what mortal man can undo that? What human on this earth has the power to change a tin man back to flesh?”
― Dexter Palmer, The Dream of Perpetual Motion

“I can't watch The Wizard of Oz / without wondering how many times / the Scarecrow had his heart broken / no brain to tell him no / all that courage telling him yes / I wonder if he was desperate from all that hurt / if he'd spend some nights asking the Tin Man if he was a fool / Tin Man saying yes / saying obviously / saying of course / because how could he know / how could he see / with that hole in his chest / where a heart should be.

I can't watch The Wizard of Oz / without walking memory lane like a yellow brick road/ at the end of which / is someone who still loves me.”
― Kristina Mahr, Heretic Hearts

“and remember, my sentimental friend...A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others”
― The Wizard of Oz

“Dorothy‬‭ touched‬‭ the‬‭ Tin‬‭ Man‬‭ and‬‭ then‬‭ sniffed‬
the air. "He smells so good."‬ "That's‬‭ his‬‭ ax.‬‭ Get‬‭ it,‬‭ Axe?‬‭ Like‬‭ Axe‬‭ spray?"‬‭ Scarecrow quipped.‬
‭”
― GLEN NESBITT, We're Off