Anne Frank

This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road…

— Anne Frank

Bolkenstein, a Minister, was speaking on the Dutch programme from London, and he said that they ought to make a collection of…

— Anne Frank

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone…

— Anne Frank

“A voice within me is sobbing, "You see that's what's become of you. You're surrounded by negative opinions, dismayed looks and mocking…

— Anne Frank

Outside, you don't hear a single bird, and a deathly, oppressive silence hangs over the house and clings to me as if…

— Anne Frank

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

— Anne Frank

“Is it really such an admirable trait not to let myself be influenced by others? Am I right in following my own…

— Anne Frank

Because we're Jewish, my father immigrated to Holland in 1933, where he became the managing director of the Dutch Opekta Company, which…

— Anne Frank

I'm afraid that people who know me as I usually am will discover I have another side, a better and finer side.…

— Anne Frank

I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and capitalists alone, are guilty of war. Oh no, the little man is…

— Anne Frank

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single minute before starting to improve the world.

— Anne Frank

The question is very understandable, but no one has found a satisfactory answer to it so far. Yes, why do they make…

— Anne Frank

“So why am I often miserable about what goes on here? Shouldn't I be happy, contented, and glad.”

— Anne Frank

I haven't written for a few days, because I wanted first of all to think about my diary. It's an odd idea…

— Anne Frank

“No matter what I'm doing, I cant help thinking about those who are gone. I catch myself laughing and remember that it's…

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

— Anne Frank

“I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. I keep my ideals, because in spite of…

— Anne Frank

Sleep makes the silence and the terrible fear go by more quickly, helps pass the time, since it's impossible to kill.

— Anne Frank

We lit the stove a few days ago and the entire room is filled with smoke. I prefer central heating, and I'm…

— Anne Frank

“I've drawn myself apart from them all; I am my own skipper and later on I shall see where I come to…

— Anne Frank

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly in hand before I mix with other people;…

— Anne Frank

It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet…

— Anne Frank

“Who has inflicted this upon us? Who has made us Jews different from all other people? Who has allowed us to suffer…

— Anne Frank

“People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things. You don't necessarily…

— Anne Frank

“I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. But, and that is the greatest question,…

— Anne Frank