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Quotation from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
“"Soldiers don't complain," she would say between her small, shut teeth, "I am not going to do it; I will pretend this is part of a war."”
A Little Princess, Chapter 8, In the Attic (Project Gutenberg #146)
Sent to the attic and treated as nobody's concern, Sara refuses to tell anyone how she feels.
Citation: ""Soldiers don't complain," she would say between her small, shut teeth, "I am not going to do it; I will pretend this is part of a war."" — Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess, Chapter 8, In the Attic (Project Gutenberg #146). (id a-little-princess-q1)
Virtues: Fortitude
Portrait: Frances Burnett, Herbert Rose Barraud (1845-1896), Public domain.
