Anne Frank Quotes

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Not being able to go outside upsets me more than I can say, and I'm terrified our hiding place will be discovered and that we'll be shot.

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Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good row with them. Then and then only can you judge their true characters!

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Let's not talk about it any more, but if you still want anything please write to me about it, because I can say what I mean much better on paper.

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Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters.

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I don't dare do anything anymore, 'cause I'm afraid it's not allowed.

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At any rate, Daddy usually comes to my defence. Without him I wouldn't be able to stick out here.

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I must work, so as not to be a fool, to get on, to become a journalist, because that's what I want!... I can't imagine that I would have to lead the same sort of life as Mummyand all the women who do their work and are then forgotten. I must have something besides a husband and children, something that I can devote myself to!

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I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago!.

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Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were to publish a romance of the "Secret Annexe." The title alone would be enough to make people think it was a detective story.

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God never deserted our people. Right through the ages there were Jews. Through the ages they suffered, but it also made us strong.

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I believe that in the course of the next century the notion that it's a woman's duty to have children will change and make way for the respect and admiration of all women, who bear their burdens without complaint or a lot of pompous words!

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Sometimes I think God is trying to test me, both now and in the future. I'll have to become a good person on my own, without anyone to serve as a model or advise me, but it'll make me stronger in the end.

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The world has plenty of room, riches, money and beauty... Let us begin by dividing it more fairly.

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I want friends, not admirers. People who respect me for my character and my deeds, not my flattering smile. The circle around me would be much smaller, but what does that matter, as long as they're sincere?

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Outside, you don't hear a single bird, and a deathly, oppressive silence hangs over the house and clings to me as if it were going to drag me into the deepest regions of the underworld.... I wander from room to room, climb up and down the stairs and feel like a songbird whose wings have been ripped off and who keeps hurling itself against the bars of its dark cage.

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By thinking, nobody can ever get worse but will only get better.

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You can get around to meaningful conversations more quickly in the dark than with the sun tickling your face.

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Ordinary people don't know how much books can mean to someone who's cooped up.

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I can recapture everything when I write, my thoughts, my ideals and my fantasies.

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Older people have formed their opinions about everything, and don't waver before they act. It's twice as hard for us young ones to hold our ground, and maintain our opinions, in a time when all ideals are being shattered and destroyed, when people are showing their worst side, and do not know whether to believe in truth and right and God.

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Yes, there is no doubt that paper is patient and as I don't intend to show this cardboard-covered notebook, bearing the proud name of "diary," to anyone, unless I find a real friend, boy or girl, probably nobody cares. And now I come to the root of the matter, the reason for my starting a diary: it is that I have no such real friend.

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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. Just imagine what would happen if all eight of us were to feel sorry for ourselves or walk around with the discontent clearly visible on our faces. Where would that get us?

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You can always-always-give something, even if it's a simple act of kindness! If everyone were to give in this way and didn't scrimp on kindly words, there would be much more love and justice in the world!

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Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I'd like to be.

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How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world!

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