"whatever comes," 

she said, 

"cannot alter one thing. 

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. "

frances hodgson burnett, a little princess

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