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The Diary of a Young Girl quotes

Anne Frank

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“I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“What's done can't be undone, but at least you can keep it from happening again.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“At such moments I don't think about all the misery, but about the beauty that still remains.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“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.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“It's utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and forget everybody else! It sounds egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“People can tell you to shut up, but they can't keep you from having an opinion.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem. I long to ride a bike, dance, whistle, look at the world, feel young and know that I'm free, and yet I can't let it show.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“People who are religious should be glad, since not everyone is blessed with the ability to believe in a higher order.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“You can be lonely even when you're loved by many people, since you're still not anybody's 'one and only'.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Work, love, courage and hope, Make me good and help me cope!” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Paper has more patience than people.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Love, what is love? I don't think you can really put it into words. Love is understanding someone, caring for him, sharing his joys and sorrows.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“I don't have much in the way of money or worldly possessions, I'm not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I'm happy, and I intend to stay that way! I was born happy, I love people, I have a trusting nature, and I'd like everyone else to be...” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to change events anyway.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“But where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“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.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Memories mean more to me than dresses.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“I was beside myself with rage, and if I only knew how much longer we had to put up with each other's company, I'd start counting the days.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Even though I'm only fourteen, I know what I want, I know who's right and who's wrong, I have my own opinions, ideas and principles, and though it may sound odd coming from a teenager, I feel I'm more of a person than a child—I feel I'm...” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“As long as this exists . . . this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“There's something happening every day, but I'm too tired and lazy to write it all down.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Is it because I haven't been outdoors for so long that I've become so smitten with nature?” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“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.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“One day this terrible war will be over. The time will come when we'll be people again and not just Jews!” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“I've learned one thing: you only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true character!” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“I love you, with a love so great that it simply couldn't keep growing inside my heart, but had to leap out and reveal itself in all its magnitude.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery!” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness and misery than any war hero ever does.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Riches, prestige, everything can be lost. But the happiness in your own heart can only be dimmed” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“We just wanted to get out of there, to get away and reach our destination in safety. Nothing else mattered.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“You never realize how much you've changed until after it's happened.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Why do I always think and dream the most awful things and want to scream in terror?” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“No country sacrifices its men without reason, and certainly not in the interests of another” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“I'm happy when I see him, and happier still if the sun shines when we're together.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Sometimes I'm so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Only the language of civilized people may be spoken, thus no German.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“In the eyes of the world, we're doomed, but if, after all this suffering, there are still Jews left, the Jewish people will be held up as an example.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together!” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“writing allows me to record everything, all my thoughts, ideals and fantasies.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

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