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.

A Little Princess: Being the Whole Story of Sara Crewe Now Told for the First Time: (ed. Library of Alexandria, 1905) - ISBN: 9781465516312