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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Multiple Critical Perspectives QUOTES

1 " I lie in bed at night, after ending my prayers with the words "Ich danke dir für all das Gute und Liebe und Schöne" and I'm filled with joy. I think of going into hiding, my health and my whole being as das Gute; Peter's love (which is still so new and fragile and which neither of us dares to say aloud), the future, happiness and love as das Liebe; the world, nature and the tremendous beauty of everything, all that splendor, as das Schöne.

At such moments I don't think about all the misery, but about the beauty that still remains. This is where Mother and I differ greatly. Her advice in the face of melancholy is: "Think about all the suffering in the world and be thankful you're not part of it." My advice is: "Go outside, to the country, enjoy the sun and all nature has to offer. Go outside and try to recapture the happiness within yourself; think of all the beauty in yourself and in everything around you and be happy."

I don't think Mother's advice can be right, because what are you supposed to do if you become part of the suffering? You'd be completely lost. On the contrary, beauty remains, even in misfortune. If you just look for it, you discover more and more happiness and regain your balance. 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 - Multiple Critical Perspectives

2 " 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. "

― , Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Multiple Critical Perspectives

3 " At least the object of my feelings is always there, and I needn't be afraid of rivals, except Margot. Don't think I'm in love, because I'm not, but I do have the feeling all the time that something fine can grow up between us, something that gives confidence and friendship. "

― , Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Multiple Critical Perspectives

4 " 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. "

― , Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Multiple Critical Perspectives

5 " Alas, it has had to be that I am only able---except on a few rare occasions---to look at nature through dirty net curtains hanging before very dusty windows. And it's no pleasure looking through these any longer, because nature is just the one thing that really must be unadulterated. "

― , Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Multiple Critical Perspectives

6 " The author of this book ciritcizes "the youth of today" from top to toe, without, however, condemning the whole of the young brigade as "incapable of anything good. "

― , Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Multiple Critical Perspectives

7 " I'm awfully scared that everyone who knows me as I always am will discover that I have another side, a finer and better side. I'm afraid they'll laugh at me, think I'm ridiculous and sentimental, not take me seriously. I'm used to not being taken seriously but it's only the "lighthearted" Anne that's used to it and can bear it; the "deeper" Anne is too frail for it. "

― , Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Multiple Critical Perspectives

8 " It's obvious that Mummy would stick up for Margot; she and Margot always do back each other up... He doesn't notice that he treats Margot differently from me. "

― , Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Multiple Critical Perspectives

9 " Não quero que minha vida tenha passado em vão, como a da maioria das pessoas. Quero ser útil ou trazer alegria a todas as pessoas, mesmo àquelas que jamais conheci. Quero continuar vivendo depois da morte! "

― , Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Multiple Critical Perspectives

10 " I’ve been drifting around at sea, have spent days searching for an effective antidote to that terrible word “easy.” How can I make it clear to him that, while it may seem easy and wonderful, it will drag him down to the depths, to a place where he’ll no longer find friends, support or beauty, so far down that he may never rise to the surface again?
We’re all alive, but we don’t know why or what for; we’re all searching for happiness; we’re all leading lives that are different and yet the same. We three have been raised in good families, we have the opportunity to get an education and make something of ourselves. We have many reasons to hope for great happiness, but … we have to earn it. And that’s something you can’t achieve by taking the easy way out. Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction. "

― , Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Multiple Critical Perspectives

11 " Hanneli und Sanne waren fruher meine besten Freundinnen, und wer uns zusammen sah, sagte immer: ,,Da laufen Anne, Hanne und Sanne. "

― , Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Multiple Critical Perspectives

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

― , Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Multiple Critical Perspectives