Original artwork, not a still
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz • 1900
As for you, my galvanized friend, you want a heart. You don't know how lucky you are not to have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker tells someone longing for a heart that lacking one is a kind of luck, because feeling exposes a person to pain. The closing line is wry and rueful: emotions would be more useful if they could withstand damage, but as they are, they break.
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