“It's true," she said. "Sometimes I do pretend I am a princess. I pretend I am a princess, so that I can try and behave like one.”

“I’m a girl. Every girl pretends she’s a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that. And I like the idea of ‘happily ever after.”

“I am a princess. I do not follow fashions--I make them.”

“Every girl pretends she is a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that.”

“Princess: I am always disappointed with mountains. There are no mountains in the world as high as I could wish.
Adrian: No?
Princess: They irritate me invariably. I should like to shake Switzerland.”

“Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth.”

“Please. I am the queen of careful. Also, princess of punk fabulousness.”

“A tree does not try to be a koala bear. A dog does not try to be a bird. A stone does not pretend it is alive. Why should I pretend I am intelligent, or good-looking, or successful?”

“I am what I am because I was the son of a princess. Women have always been very educated and progressive in my family.”

“I grunted. “She’s not a delicate princess,” I said. “She’s a warrior. Warriors have enemies. Sometimes warriors get hurt.” I felt my jaws clench. “And then their friends even things up.”