Quote is from movie, not from book

[Christiana]

On the page linked below, it attributes the this quote to Frances Hodgson Burnett: “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.”

As I verified by looking at the full text of A Little Princess on Project Gutenberg, this quotation is definitely not from the 1905 novel. According to the IMDb, the quote is actually from the 1995 film adaptation, and so definitely should not be attributed to Burnett (who died in 1924).

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6142...

I just want to note that I found this quote misattributed to the novel in an academic journal article! The inaccuracy is spreading its tentacles...

[Lyle]

This presents an interesting predicament. I may seek advice of other Librarians before proceeding.

(1) I could delete it, but there are 350 'Likes' which were made in good faith.

(2) I could change the author to Richard LaGravenese and Elizabeth Chandler, the film's screenwriters – but they are writers of a movie, not a book.

I think we have to go with (1). Any other solutions?

[Sandra]

Pretty sure librarians can't delete quotes with so many likes. Might need a Super.

[Lyle]

That's a good policy, that Librarians shouldn't delete a quote with so many Likes.

I have possibly found the original book passage that inspired the movie speech, for what it's worth.

"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.