--- title: "1 Surrounded Darkness Quotes By Anne Frank" description: "1 Surrounded Darkness quotes by Anne Frank. Plus more from Anne Frank and more Surrounded Darkness sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/anne-frank-536_black-clouds_i-see-the-eight-of-us-in-the-annex-as-if_2683415.jpg" --- > [“I see the eight of us in the Annex as if we were a patch of blue sky surrounded by menacing black clouds. The perfectly round spot on which we’re standing is still safe, but the clouds are moving in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/i-see-the-eight-of-us-in-the-annex-as-if-we-were-a-patch-of-blue-sky/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/anne-frank-536_black-clouds_i-see-the-eight-of-us-in-the-annex-as-if_2683415.jpg) ## More by Anne Frank > [“Despite everything, I believe people are really good at heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/despite-everything-i-believe-people-are-really-good-at-heart/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [“Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/yes-paper-does-have-more-patience-and-since-i-m-not-planning-to-let/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/generally-speaking-men-are-held-in-great-esteem-in-all-parts-of-the/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/ordinary-people-simply-don-t-know-what-books-mean-to-us-shut-up-here/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [PARENTS CAN ONLY GIVE GOOD ADVICE OR PUT U ON THE RIGHT PATH BUT THE FINAL FORMING OF A PARENTS CHARACTER LIES IN THEIRBOWN…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/parents-can-only-give-good-advice-or-put-u-on-the-right-path-but-the/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/i-love-you-with-a-love-so-great-that-it-simply-couldn-t-keep-growing/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/everyone-has-inside-of-him-a-piece-of-good-news-the-good-news-is-that/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [I want something from Daddy that he is not able to give me. ... It is only that I long for Daddy's real love:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/i-want-something-from-daddy-that-he-is-not-able-to-give-me-it-is-only/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [There's one golden rule to keep before you: laugh about everything and don't bother yourself about the others!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/there-s-one-golden-rule-to-keep-before-you-laugh-about-everything-and/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [“Those who don’t know will have to find out by experience that “a quiet conscience gives you strength!” Yours,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/those-who-don-t-know-will-have-to-find-out-by-experience-that-a-quiet/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [I never utter my real feelings about anything. My lighter, superficial side will always be too quick for the deeper side of me, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/i-never-utter-my-real-feelings-about-anything-my-lighter-superficial/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [Riches, prestige, everything can be lost. But the happiness in your heart can only be dimmed; it will always be there as long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/riches-prestige-everything-can-be-lost-but-the-happiness-in-your/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [At any rate, Daddy usually comes to my defence. Without him I wouldn't be able to stick out here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/at-any-rate-daddy-usually-comes-to-my-defence-without-him-i-wouldn-t/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [“Îmi dau seama că o etapă din ea s-a încheiat definitiv: perioada fără griji și necazuri a anilor de școală nu se mai întoarce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/mi-dau-seama-c-o-etap-din-ea-s-a-ncheiat-definitiv-perioada-f-r-griji/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) > [After May 1940, the good times were few and far between; first there was the war, then the capitulation, and then the arrival of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/after-may-1940-the-good-times-were-few-and-far-between-first-there/) [Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrounded-darkness/anne-frank/#itemlist", "name": "1 Surrounded Darkness Quotes By Anne Frank", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I see the eight of us in the Annex as if we were a patch of blue sky surrounded by menacing black clouds. 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