I 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 BurnettMagic is in her just as it is in Dickon," said Colin. "It makes her think of ways to do things - nice things.
Frances Hodgson BurnettWhen Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true too . . . she was as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived.
Frances Hodgson BurnettOne marvel of a day he had walked so far that when he returned the moon was high and full and all the world was purple shadow and silver.
Frances Hodgson BurnettMy mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important.
Frances Hodgson BurnettThe truth is that when one is still a child-or even if one is grown up- and has been well fed, and has slept long and softly and warm; when one has gone to sleep in the midst of a fairy story, and has wakened to find it real, one cannot be unhappy or even look as if one were; and one could not, if one tried, keep a glow of joy out of one's eyes.
Frances Hodgson Burnett