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Quotes from A Little Princess — Frances Hodgson Burnett

1849–1924 England

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[T]o be able to learn things quickly isn't everything. To be kind is worth a great deal to other people.

A Little Princess (1905)

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.

A Little Princess (1905)

Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book. People who are fond of books know the feeling of irritation which sweeps over them at such a moment. The temptation to be unreasonable and snappish is one not easy to manage.

A Little Princess (1905)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Frances Hodgson Burnett (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.