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The Light Princess
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"The Light Princess" Quotes

A princess, cursed to be weightless, must find true love and regain her gravity in order to save her kingdom.

Quotes

But she was the wretchedest thing you ever saw, crying and creeping about constantly, and was quite a skeleton from fasting.

George MacDonald

sadness

It was, indeed, a curious spectacle, to see the princess kneeling at the side of the pool, like a marble statue, with her white night-dress spreading around her.

George MacDonald

curiosity

The light princess had no gravity. I mean, of course, she had no gravity of the mind.

George MacDonald

lightnessmind

She had never seen a king before, and of course had no notion that she was talking to a king.

George MacDonald

ignorance

To be born with a taste for lobsters argues riches of an unknown extent in the ancestry.

George MacDonald

tasteancestry

They were not only fond of each other, but they loved each other.

George MacDonald

love

She was a princess, and ought to know best what she wanted.

George MacDonald

assertiveness

She had no gravity, but she had a great deal of motherwit.

George MacDonald

wit

Don't imagine, however, that she was a ladylike princess, who had been brought up on rose-water.

George MacDonald

personality

She was a wild, wilful lassie, and made her father half afraid of her.

George MacDonald

rebellion