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Quotes by Anne Frank

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Wikipedia Summary for Anne Frank

Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (German pronunciation: [ˈanəˌliːs maˈʁiː ˈʔanə ˈfʁaŋk], Dutch: [ˈɑnəˌlis maːˈri ˈʔɑnə ˈfrɑŋk]; 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945) was a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish heritage. One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the 1947 publication of The Diary of a Young Girl (originally Het Achterhuis in Dutch; English: The Secret Annex), in which she documents her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. It is one of the world's best-known books and has been the basis for several plays and films.

Born in Frankfurt, Germany, she lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam, Netherlands, having moved there with her family at the age of four and a half when the Nazis gained control over Germany. Born a German national, she lost her citizenship in 1941 and thus became stateless. By May 1940, the Franks were trapped in Amsterdam by the German occupation of the Netherlands.

As persecutions of the Jewish population increased in July 1942, the Franks went into hiding in some concealed rooms behind a bookcase in the building where Anne's father, Otto Frank, worked. From then until the family's arrest by the Gestapo in August 1944, she kept a diary she had received as a birthday present, and wrote in it regularly. Following their arrest, the Franks were transported to concentration camps. In October or November 1944, Anne and her sister, Margot, were transferred from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they died (probably of typhus) a few months later. They were originally estimated by the Red Cross to have died in March, with Dutch authorities setting 31 March as their official date of death, but research by the Anne Frank House in 2015 suggests it is more likely that they died in February.

Otto, the only survivor of the Frank family, returned to Amsterdam after the war to find that her diary had been saved by his secretary, Miep Gies, and his efforts led to its publication in 1947. It was translated from its original Dutch version and first published in English in 1952 as The Diary of a Young Girl, and has since been translated into over 70 languages.

Quote: Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of watch on wrist wallpaper
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Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.


Quote: Even if people are still very young, they shouldn't be prevented from saying what they think. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Even if people are still very young, they shouldn't be prevented from saying what they think.


Quote: There's one golden rule to keep before you: laugh about everything and don't bother yourself about the others! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

There's one golden rule to keep before you: laugh about everything and don't bother yourself about the others!


Quote: Everyone has inside of her a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Everyone has inside of her a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be!


Quote: Make the most of your carefree young life as you can. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Make the most of your carefree young life as you can.


Quote: I still believe that people are really good at heart. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I still believe that people are really good at heart.


Quote: I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains.


Quote: When I write, I can shake off all my cares. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

When I write, I can shake off all my cares.


Quote: You can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

You can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!

Longer Version/[Notes]:

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!


Quote: Jews and Christians wait, the whole world waits,and there are many who wait for death. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Jews and Christians wait, the whole world waits,and there are many who wait for death.


Quote: Even when I was older, I couldn't stop asking questions. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Even when I was older, I couldn't stop asking questions.


Quote: Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.


Quote: It's an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary; not only because I have never done so before, but because it seems to me that neither I -- nor for that matter anyone else -- will be interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

It's an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary; not only because I have never done so before, but because it seems to me that neither I -- nor for that matter anyone else -- will be interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen-year-old school girl.


Quote: There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.


Quote: Despite everything, I believe people are really good at heart. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Despite everything, I believe people are really good at heart.


Quote: When I think back to my life in 1942, it all seems so unreal. The Anne Frank who enjoyed that heavenly existence was completely different from the one who has grown wise within these walls. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

When I think back to my life in 1942, it all seems so unreal. The Anne Frank who enjoyed that heavenly existence was completely different from the one who has grown wise within these walls.


Quote: No one knows Anne's better side, and that's why most people can't stand me. Oh, I can be an amusing clown for an afternoon, but after that, everyone's had enough of me to last a month. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

No one knows Anne's better side, and that's why most people can't stand me. Oh, I can be an amusing clown for an afternoon, but after that, everyone's had enough of me to last a month.


Quote: Because we're Jewish, my father immigrated to Holland in 1933, where he became the managing director of the Dutch Opekta Company, which manufactures products used in making jam. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Because we're Jewish, my father immigrated to Holland in 1933, where he became the managing director of the Dutch Opekta Company, which manufactures products used in making jam.




Quote: How noble and good everyone could be if, at the end of each day, they were to review their own behavior and weigh up the rights and wrongs. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

How noble and good everyone could be if, at the end of each day, they were to review their own behavior and weigh up the rights and wrongs.


Quote: There is a saying that, paper is more patient than man. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

There is a saying that, paper is more patient than man.


Quote: The world has plenty of room, riches, money and beauty ... Let us begin by dividing it more fairly. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

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




Quote: He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!


Quote: 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! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

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!


Quote: In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality.


Quote: Why can't people live with each other in peace? Why must everything be destroyed? Why must people go hungry while surplus food elsewhere in the world rots away? Oh why must people be so crazy? by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Why can't people live with each other in peace? Why must everything be destroyed? Why must people go hungry while surplus food elsewhere in the world rots away? Oh why must people be so crazy?


Quote: Tossing away a piece of paper is clearly taboo. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Tossing away a piece of paper is clearly taboo.


Quote: Helpless, heartbroken and lonely, Katrien sank into the grass at the side of the road and wept--wept until she had no more tears. Darkness had already set in by the time she picked up the overturned basket and headed home. From somewhere in the grass came the gleam of a silver thimble. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of Anne Frank quote: Helpless, heartbroken and lonely, Katrien sank into the grass at the side of the road and wept--wept until she had no more tears. Darkness had already set in by the time she picked up the overturned basket and headed home. From somewhere in the grass came the gleam of a silver thimble.- black text on quotes background

Helpless, heartbroken and lonely, Katrien sank into the grass at the side of the road and wept--wept until she had no more tears. Darkness had already set in by the time she picked up the overturned basket and headed home. From somewhere in the grass came the gleam of a silver thimble.


Quote: Another fact that doesn't exactly brighten up our days is that Mr. Van Maaren, the man who works in the warehouse, is getting suspicious about the Annex. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Another fact that doesn't exactly brighten up our days is that Mr. Van Maaren, the man who works in the warehouse, is getting suspicious about the Annex.


Quote: The firm has two cats, one for the warehouse and one for the attic. Now it occasionally happen that the two cats met; and the result was always a terrific fight. The aggressor was always the warehouse cat yet it was always the attic cat who managed to win -- just like among nations. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of Anne Frank quote: The firm has two cats, one for the warehouse and one for the attic. Now it occasionally happen that the two cats met; and the result was always a terrific fight. The aggressor was always the warehouse cat yet it was always the attic cat who managed to win -- just like among nations.- black text on quotes background

The firm has two cats, one for the warehouse and one for the attic. Now it occasionally happen that the two cats met; and the result was always a terrific fight. The aggressor was always the warehouse cat yet it was always the attic cat who managed to win -- just like among nations.


Quote: 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. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

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.




Quote: Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I'd like to be. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

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


Quote: Little bundle of contradictions. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Little bundle of contradictions.




Quote: But I won't bore you any longer on the subject of old men. It won't make things any better and all my plans of revenge (such as disconnecting the lamp, shutting the door, hiding his clothes) must be abandoned in order to keep the peace. Oh, I'm becoming so sensible! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of Anne Frank quote; white text on black background

But I won't bore you any longer on the subject of old men. It won't make things any better and all my plans of revenge (such as disconnecting the lamp, shutting the door, hiding his clothes) must be abandoned in order to keep the peace. Oh, I'm becoming so sensible!


Quote: Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong.


Quote: Who knows, perhaps he doesn't care about me at all and look at the others in just the same way. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Who knows, perhaps he doesn't care about me at all and look at the others in just the same way.


Quote: What's done can't be undone, but at least you can keep it from happening again. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

What's done can't be undone, but at least you can keep it from happening again.


Quote: People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.


Quote: If God lets me live, I shall attain more than Mummy ever has done, I shall not remain insignificant, I shall work in the world and for mankind! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

If God lets me live, I shall attain more than Mummy ever has done, I shall not remain insignificant, I shall work in the world and for mankind!


Quote: I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.


Quote: Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating or being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating or being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.


Quote: Work, love, courage and hope. Make me good and help me cope. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Work, love, courage and hope. Make me good and help me cope.


Quote: The young are not afraid of telling the truth. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

The young are not afraid of telling the truth.


Quote: In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again.


Quote: I never utter my real feelings about anything. My lighter, superficial side will always be too quick for the deeper side of me, and that's why it always wins. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I never utter my real feelings about anything. My lighter, superficial side will always be too quick for the deeper side of me, and that's why it always wins.


Quote: The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever.


Quote: Where there is hope...there is life. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Where there is hope...there is life.


Quote: It seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

It seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.


Quote: You can get around to meaningful conversations more quickly in the dark than with the sun tickling your face. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

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


Quote: Sometimes I'm so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Sometimes I'm so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again.


Quote: The art of living. Isn't that a funny expression? by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

The art of living. Isn't that a funny expression?


Quote: We lit the stove a few days ago and the entire room is filled with smoke. I prefer central heating, and I'm probably not the only one. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

We lit the stove a few days ago and the entire room is filled with smoke. I prefer central heating, and I'm probably not the only one.


Quote: Looking back, I realize that this period of my life has irrevocably come to a close; my happy-go-lucky, carefree schooldays are gone forever. I don't even miss them. I've outgrown them. I can no longer just kid around, since my serious side is always there. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Looking back, I realize that this period of my life has irrevocably come to a close; my happy-go-lucky, carefree schooldays are gone forever. I don't even miss them. I've outgrown them. I can no longer just kid around, since my serious side is always there.


Quote: But i've slammed the door to my inner self; if he ever wants to force the lock again, he'll have to use a harder crowbar! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

But i've slammed the door to my inner self; if he ever wants to force the lock again, he'll have to use a harder crowbar!


Quote: Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers? by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of Anne Frank quote: Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?- black text on quotes background

Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?


Quote: Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I've never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I've never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.


Quote: Why are millions spent on the war each day, while not a penny is available for ... artists or the poor? Why do people have to starve when mountians of food are rotting away in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy? by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Why are millions spent on the war each day, while not a penny is available for ... artists or the poor? Why do people have to starve when mountians of food are rotting away in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy?


Quote: Riches, power and fame last only for a few years! Why do people cling so desperately to these transitory things? Why can't people who have more than they need for themselves give that surplus to their fellow citizens? Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth? by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of Anne Frank quote: Riches, power and fame last only for a few years! Why do people cling so desperately to these transitory things? Why can't people who have more than they need for themselves give that surplus to their fellow citizens? Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth?- black text on quotes background

Riches, power and fame last only for a few years! Why do people cling so desperately to these transitory things? Why can't people who have more than they need for themselves give that surplus to their fellow citizens? Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth?


Quote: 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! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

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!


Quote: The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character.


Quote: I am what a romantic movie is to a profound thinker -- a mere diversion, a comic interlude, something that is soon forgotten. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I am what a romantic movie is to a profound thinker -- a mere diversion, a comic interlude, something that is soon forgotten.


Quote: There's something happening everyday, but I'm too tired and lazy to write it all down. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

There's something happening everyday, but I'm too tired and lazy to write it all down.


Quote: As long as you're in the food business, why not make sweets? by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

As long as you're in the food business, why not make sweets?


Quote: I wish to go on living even after my death. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I wish to go on living even after my death.


Quote: We can't control our destiny, but we can control who we become. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

We can't control our destiny, but we can control who we become.


Quote: Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.


Quote: I believe in the sun, even when it rains. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I believe in the sun, even when it rains.


Quote: You must work and do good, not be lazy and gamble, if you wish to earn happiness. Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

You must work and do good, not be lazy and gamble, if you wish to earn happiness. Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.


Quote: An empty day, though clear and bright, Is just as dark as any night. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

An empty day, though clear and bright, Is just as dark as any night.


Quote: I looked up in the sky and trusted in God. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I looked up in the sky and trusted in God.


Quote: As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad? by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?


Quote: What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.


Quote: Give and you shall receive, much more that you ever thought possible. Give and give again. People who give will never be poor! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Give and you shall receive, much more that you ever thought possible. Give and give again. People who give will never be poor!


Quote: 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 happy too. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

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 happy too.




Quote: We, who fill our stomachs with nothing but boiled lettuce, raw lettuce, spinach, spinach and more spinach. Maybe we'll end up being as strong as Popeye, though so far I've seen no sign of it! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

We, who fill our stomachs with nothing but boiled lettuce, raw lettuce, spinach, spinach and more spinach. Maybe we'll end up being as strong as Popeye, though so far I've seen no sign of it!


Quote: I know I'm far from being what I should; will I ever be? by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I know I'm far from being what I should; will I ever be?


Quote: I don't intend to shrink from the truth, because the longer it's postponed, the harder it will be for them to accept it when they do hear it! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I don't intend to shrink from the truth, because the longer it's postponed, the harder it will be for them to accept it when they do hear it!


Quote: People who are religious should be glad, since not everyone is blessed with the ability to believe in a higher order. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

People who are religious should be glad, since not everyone is blessed with the ability to believe in a higher order.


Quote: I don't think my opinions are stupid but other people do, so it's better to keep them to myself. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I don't think my opinions are stupid but other people do, so it's better to keep them to myself.




Quote: You only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true characters! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

You only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true characters!




Quote: A person can be lonely even if he is loved by many people, because he is still not the One and Only to anyone. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

A person can be lonely even if he is loved by many people, because he is still not the One and Only to anyone.


Quote: It's good that somebody has finally cut me down to size, has broken my pride, because I've been far too smug. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

It's good that somebody has finally cut me down to size, has broken my pride, because I've been far too smug.




Quote: If only I can be myself, I'll be satisfied. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

If only I can be myself, I'll be satisfied.


Quote: I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it.


Quote: Paper is more patient than man. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Paper is more patient than man.


Quote: I love the time I spend with you. You make my living worth-while. Why dint I meet you before. I wish I could start my life From the beginning with you because the time I spend with you is never enough. I need you more everyday. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I love the time I spend with you. You make my living worth-while. Why dint I meet you before. I wish I could start my life From the beginning with you because the time I spend with you is never enough. I need you more everyday.


Quote: I'm sentimental -- I know. I'm desperate and silly -- I know that too. Oh, help me! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I'm sentimental -- I know. I'm desperate and silly -- I know that too. Oh, help me!


Quote: Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us.


Quote: After May 1940, the good times were few and far between; first there was the war, then the capitulation, and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

After May 1940, the good times were few and far between; first there was the war, then the capitulation, and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews.


Quote: Is discord going to show itself while we are still fighting, is the Jew once again worth less than another? Oh, it is sad, very sad, that once more, for the umpteenth time, the old truth is confirmed: What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of Anne Frank quote: Is discord going to show itself while we are still fighting, is the Jew once again worth less than another? Oh, it is sad, very sad, that once more, for the umpteenth time, the old truth is confirmed: What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.- black text on quotes background

Is discord going to show itself while we are still fighting, is the Jew once again worth less than another? Oh, it is sad, very sad, that once more, for the umpteenth time, the old truth is confirmed: What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.


Quote: What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.


Quote: The nicest part is being able to write down all my thoughts and feeling; otherwise, I might suffocate. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

The nicest part is being able to write down all my thoughts and feeling; otherwise, I might suffocate.


Quote: But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.


Quote: Believe me, if you've been shut up for a year and a half, it can get to be too much for you sometimes. But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Believe me, if you've been shut up for a year and a half, it can get to be too much for you sometimes. But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.


Quote: Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.


Quote: Because paper has more patience than people. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Because paper has more patience than people.


Quote: Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite indepedent of anyone. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of Anne Frank quote; white text on black background

Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite indepedent of anyone.



Longer Version/[Notes]:

It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hope 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. still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at It's utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching thunder one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too will end, that peace and tranquility will return once more. In the meantime must hold on to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I'll be able to realize them!


Quote: And you can always, always, give kindness. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

And you can always, always, give kindness.


Quote: How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway... And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of Anne Frank quote: How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway... And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!- black text on quotes background

How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway... And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!


Quote: Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.


Quote: I think a lot, but I don't say much. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I think a lot, but I don't say much.


Quote: It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.


Quote: Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.


Quote: The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

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.


Quote: Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.


Quote: 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. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

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.


Quote: I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.


Quote: A quiet conscience makes one strong! by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

A quiet conscience makes one strong!


Quote: It's not imagination on my part when I say that to look up at the sky, the clouds, the moon, and the stars make me calm and patient. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

It's not imagination on my part when I say that to look up at the sky, the clouds, the moon, and the stars make me calm and patient.


Quote: I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

I've found that there is always some beauty left-in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you. Look at these things, then you find yourself again, and God, and then you regain your balance. And whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!


Quote: I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.


Quote: If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.


Quote: Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.




Quote: And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world.


Quote: I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.


Quote: If I haven't any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

If I haven't any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself.


Quote: Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl? by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?


Quote: Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.


Quote: In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit. by author Anne Frank overlaid on photo of photo of author Anne Frank with quote

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.


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