“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 , A Little Princess

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English-American childrens' playwright and author 1849–1924

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