

“If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with.”
― The Wizard of Oz Screenplay
― The Wizard of Oz Screenplay

“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”
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“Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.”
― An Abundance of Katherines
― An Abundance of Katherines

“Because maybe, in a way, we didn't leave it behind nearly as much as we might once have thought. Because somewhere underneath, a part of us stayed like that: fearful of the world around us, and no matter how much we despised ourselves for it--unable quite to let each other go.”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go

“Then close your eyes and tap your heels together three times. And think to yourself, there's no place like home.”
― The Wizard of Oz Screenplay
― The Wizard of Oz Screenplay
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