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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl QUOTES

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl QUOTES

1 " A little later I felt hopeful and full of expectation again, though my tears
were still flowing -- on the inside. "

― Anne Frank , Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

2 " The weak shall fall and the strong shall survive and not be defeated. "

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3 " Let me get away, away from everything, away from this world. "

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

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5 " Again and again I ask myself, would it not have been better for us all if we had not going into hiding and if we were dead now and not going through all this misery, especially as we shouldn't be running our protectors into danger any more. But we all recoil from these thoughts too, for we still love life, we haven't yet forgotten the voice of nature, we still hope, hope about everything. I hope something will happen soon now, shooting if need be - nothing can crush us more than this restlessness. Let the end come, even if it is hard, then at least we shall know whether we are finally going to win through or go under. "

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6 " Alone I had to face the difficult task of changing myself, to stop the everlasting reproaches, which were so oppressive and which reduced me to such terrible despondency. "

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7 " When I looked outside right into the depth of Nature and God, then I was happy, really happy. And Peter, so long as I have that happiness here, the joy in nature, health and a lot more besides, all the while one has that, one can always recapture happiness.
Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will still bring you happiness again, as long as you live. As long as you can look fearlessly up into the heavens, as long as you know that you are pure within, and that you will still find happiness. "

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8 " We’re all alive, but we don’t know why or what for; we are all searching for happiness; we are leading lives that are different and yet the same "

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9 " Dead people receive more flowers than living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude "

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10 " Stupid people usually can't bear it when others do something better than they do ... "

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

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12 " 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. "

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13 " You can be lonely even when you're loved by many people, since you're still not anybody's 'one and only'. "

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14 " Ordinarily people don't know how much books can mean to someone whose cooped up. Our only diversions are reading, studying and listening to the wirelessly. "

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15 " Expectation and hope generate tension, as does fear. "

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16 " Ordinarily people don't know how much books can mean to someone whose cooped up. Our only diversions are reading, studying and listening to the wireless. "

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17 " My parents are much too afraid of an argument to say anything, which is a shame, because I think people like that should always be given a taste of their own medicine. "

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18 " If we can save even one of our friends, the rest doesn't matter. "

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19 " ... but you have to make sacrifices for a good cause, and I'm glad I can make this small one. "

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20 " I'm surprised at my childish innocence. Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I'd like to be. "

― Anne Frank , Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl