"A Little Princess" Quotes
A young girl's resilience and kindness shine through as she navigates the challenges of life at a boarding school.
classics | 242 pages | Published in 2005
Quotes
I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren't pretty, or smart, or young. They're still princesses.
Whatever comes, cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.
I am a story, and this is my story.
I pretend I am a princess, so that I can try and behave like one.
I never thought of it before, but I am a princess. I am a princess. I am a princess.
I am as good as any of those, and I am a better person than many of them.
I am not like other people. I never make plans, because I never know what is going to happen.
I can make-believe I am a princess, or a goose-girl, or a beggar. I am a beggar, and I can make believe I am a princess. It is easy to make believe you are a princess.
I suppose soldiers feel like this when they are on sentry-go; but I am not a soldier, and I cannot feel like a soldier.
I have to pretend to be a person, but it is always a person that is not myself.





