She did not care very much for other little girls, but if she had plenty of books she could console herself.
Frances Hodgson BurnettI am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they arenโt pretty, or smart, or young. Theyโre still princesses.
Frances Hodgson BurnettAt that moment a very good thing was happening to her. Four good things had happened to her, in fact, since she came to Misselthwaite Manor. She had felt as if she had understood a robin and that he had understood her; she had run in the wind until her blood had grown warm; she had been healthily hungry for the first time in her life; and she had found out what it was to be sorry for someone.
Frances Hodgson Burnett