Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
31 quotes
"Paper is more patient than man."
"Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone."
"Who else but me is ever going to read these letters?"
"The best remedy for those who are frightened, lovely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity."
"Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live."
"It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."
"The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity.As long as this exists, and that should be forever, I know that there will be solace for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances. I firmly believe that nature can bring comfort to all who suffer."
"There's in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated, and grown will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again"
"What I condemn are our system of values and the men who don't acknowledge how great, difficult, but ultimately beautiful women's share in society is."
"This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success."
"As long as you're in the food business, why not make sweets?"
"I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage."
"I'll show then that Anne Frank wasn't born yesterday"
"Work, love, courage and hope,Make me good and help me cope!"
"I'm currently in the middle of a depression. I couldn't really tell you what set it off, but I think it stems from my cowardice, which confronts me at every turn."
"Sometimes I'm so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again."
"Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old."
"I'm sentimental--I know. I'm desperate and silly--I know that too. Oh, help me!"
"Peter Wessel and Peter Van Daan have grown into one Peter, who is beloved and good, and for whom I long desperately."
"It's just that when you're standing beside an open window at twilight, you can say more toeach other than in bright sunshine. It's also easier to whisper your feelings than toshout them from the rooftops."
"Despite everything, I believe people are really good at heart."
"But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem."
"This is the beginning of the end (talking about the war)... Everyone was saying... But the British Prime Minister said, "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Do you see the difference?"
"The art of living. Isn't that a funny expression?"
"The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!"