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A Little Princess
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"A Little Princess" Quotes

A young girl's resilience and kindness shine through as she navigates the challenges of life at a boarding school.

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.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

self-worthidentity

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.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

self-worthidentity

I am a story, and this is my story.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

self-expressionindividuality

I pretend I am a princess, so that I can try and behave like one.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

imaginationaspiration

I never thought of it before, but I am a princess. I am a princess. I am a princess.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

self-realizationidentity

I am as good as any of those, and I am a better person than many of them.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

self-worthequality

I am not like other people. I never make plans, because I never know what is going to happen.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

adaptabilityunpredictability

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.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

imaginationself-expression

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.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

empathycomparison

I have to pretend to be a person, but it is always a person that is not myself.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

social facadeidentity