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# Etty Hillesum

(1914–1943)   Writer   Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Etty Hillesum was a writer from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, best known for *Het verstoorde leven: Dagboek van Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943*.

## Quick Facts About Etty Hillesum

Born January 15, 1914

Died November 30, 1943

Nationality Kingdom of the Netherlands

Profession Writer

Notable works Het verstoorde leven: Dagboek van Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943

Known for An Interrupted Life

## About Etty Hillesum

Esther "Etty" Hillesum was a Dutch Jewish author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of Jewish people in Amsterdam during the German occupation. In 1943, she was deported and murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

##  Quotes by Etty Hillesum

> [I'm afraid I did not pray hard enough last night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/i-m-afraid-i-did-not-pray-hard-enough-last-night/)

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[Afraid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afraid/)

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> [We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/we-should-be-willing-to-act-as-a-balm-for-all-wounds/)

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[Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/)

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> [Despite everything, life is full of beauty and meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/despite-everything-life-is-full-of-beauty-and-meaning/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [The externals are simply so many props; everything we need is within us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/the-externals-are-simply-so-many-props-everything-we-need-is-within-us/)

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[Needs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/needs/)

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> [The more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/the-more-peace-there-is-in-us-the-more-peace-there-will-be-in-our/)

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[Achieving peace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieving-peace/)

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> [I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/i-think-what-weakens-people-most-is-fear-of-wasting-their-strength/)

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[Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/)

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> [That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/that-fear-of-missing-out-on-things-makes-you-miss-out-on-everything/)

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[Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/)

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> [Here, beside this great black surface that is my desk, I feel as though I am on a desert island.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/here-beside-this-great-black-surface-that-is-my-desk-i-feel-as-though/)

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[Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/)

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> [That I should die next week, I would still be able to sit at my desk all week and study with perfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/that-i-should-die-next-week-i-would-still-be-able-to-sit-at-my-desk/)

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[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

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> [“It is sheer hell in this house. I would have to be quite a writer to describe it properly. Anyhow, I sprang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/it-is-sheer-hell-in-this-house-i-would-have-to-be-quite-a-writer-to/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [I don't think I have nerves of steel, far from it, but I can certainly stand up to things. I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/i-don-t-think-i-have-nerves-of-steel-far-from-it-but-i-can-certainly/)

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[Eye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eye/)

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> [Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/everything-is-chance-or-nothing-is-chance-if-i-believed-the-first-i/)

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[Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chance/)

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> [I know and share the many sorrows a human being can experience, but I do not cling to them; they pass through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/i-know-and-share-the-many-sorrows-a-human-being-can-experience-but-i/)

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[Broads](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broads/)

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> [And now that I don't want to own anything any more and am free, now I suddenly own everything, now my inner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/and-now-that-i-don-t-want-to-own-anything-any-more-and-am-free-now-i/)

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[Money](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/money/)

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> [Suffering has always been with us; does it really matter in what form it comes? All that matters is how we bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/suffering-has-always-been-with-us-does-it-really-matter-in-what-form/)

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[Bears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bears/)

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> [Never give up, never escape, take everything in, and perhaps suffer, that's not too awful either, but never, never give up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/never-give-up-never-escape-take-everything-in-and-perhaps-suffer-that/)

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[Awful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awful/)

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> [Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don’t make ripples all around you, don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/become-simple-and-live-simply-not-only-within-yourself-but-also-in/)

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[Being honest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-honest/)

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> [The fact is I don't lead a simple enough inner life. I indulge in excesses, bacchanalia of the spirit. Perhaps I identify…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/the-fact-is-i-don-t-lead-a-simple-enough-inner-life-i-indulge-in/)

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[Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dostoevsky/)

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> [I feel like a small battlefield in which the problems, or some of the problems, of our time are being fought out.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/i-feel-like-a-small-battlefield-in-which-the-problems-or-some-of-the/)

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[Available](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/available/)

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> [Most people write off their longing for friends and family as so many losses in their lives, when they should count the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/most-people-write-off-their-longing-for-friends-and-family-as-so-many/)

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[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

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> [All disasters stem from us. Why is there a war? Perhaps because now and then I might be inclined to snap at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/all-disasters-stem-from-us-why-is-there-a-war-perhaps-because-now-and/)

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[Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chance/)

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> [If one burdens the future with one's worries, it cannot grow organically. I am filled with confidence, not that I shall succeed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/if-one-burdens-the-future-with-one-s-worries-it-cannot-grow/)

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[Burden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burden/)

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> [Before, I always lived in anticipation . . . that it was all a preparation for something else, something "greater," more "genuine."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/before-i-always-lived-in-anticipation-that-it-was-all-a-preparation/)

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[Anticipation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anticipation/)

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> [Sometimes my day is crammed full of people and talk and yet I have the feeling of living in utter peace and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/sometimes-my-day-is-crammed-full-of-people-and-talk-and-yet-i-have/)

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[Evening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evening/)

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> [We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies. We make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/we-have-to-fight-them-daily-like-fleas-those-many-small-worries-about/)

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[Days to come](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/days-to-come/)

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> [Sometimes I long for a convent cell, with the sublime wisdom of centuries set out on bookshelves all along the wall and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/sometimes-i-long-for-a-convent-cell-with-the-sublime-wisdom-of/)

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[Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/)

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> [ought we not, from time to time, open ourselves up to cosmic sadness? ... Give your sorrow all the space and shelter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/ought-we-not-from-time-to-time-open-ourselves-up-to-cosmic-sadness/)

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[Bears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bears/)

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> [By 'coming to terms with life' I mean: the reality of death has become a definite part of my life; my life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/by-coming-to-terms-with-life-i-mean-the-reality-of-death-has-become-a/)

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[Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/)

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> [When I pray, I never pray for myself, always for others, or else I hold a silly, naive, or deadly serious dialogue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/when-i-pray-i-never-pray-for-myself-always-for-others-or-else-i-hold/)

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[Burden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burden/)

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> [We human beings cause monstrous conditions, but precisely because we cause them we soon learn to adapt ourselves to them. Only if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/we-human-beings-cause-monstrous-conditions-but-precisely-because-we/)

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[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

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> [Slowly but surely I have been soaking Rilke up these last few months: the man, his work and his life. And that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/slowly-but-surely-i-have-been-soaking-rilke-up-these-last-few-months/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/every-word-born-of-an-inner-necessity-writing-must-never-be-anything/)

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[Born](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born/)

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> [I would be so exhausted by my determination that I had no strength left to do the actual work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/i-would-be-so-exhausted-by-my-determination-that-i-had-no-strength/)

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[Determination](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/determination/)

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> [Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/sometimes-the-most-important-thing-in-a-whole-day-is-the-rest-we-take/)

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[Between](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/between/)

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> [After each creative act one has to be sustained by one's strength of character, by a moral sense, by I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/after-each-creative-act-one-has-to-be-sustained-by-one-s-strength-of/)

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[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [Our desire must be like a slow and stately ship, sailing across endless oceans, never in search of safe anchorage. Then suddenly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/our-desire-must-be-like-a-slow-and-stately-ship-sailing-across/)

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[Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/)

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> [Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/sometimes-the-most-important-thing-in-a-whole-day-is-the-rest-we-take-2/)

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[Appreciation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appreciation/)

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> [There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/there-are-moments-when-i-feel-like-giving-up-or-giving-in-but-i-soon/)

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[Determination](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/determination/)

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> [Such words as 'God' and 'Death' and 'Suffering' and 'Eternity' are best forgotten. We have to become as simple and as wordless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/such-words-as-god-and-death-and-suffering-and-eternity-are-best/)

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[Acceptance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptance/)

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> [Life is good, after all...and that's what stays with me, even now, even when I'm about to be packed off to Poland.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/life-is-good-after-all-and-that-s-what-stays-with-me-even-now-even/)

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[Good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good/)

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## Etty Hillesum by topic

[Life (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/etty-hillesum/)

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                        "text": "All disasters stem from us. Why is there a war? Perhaps because now and then I might be inclined to snap at my neighbour. Because I and my neighbour and everyone else do not have enough love. Yet we could fight war and all its excrescences by releasing each day, the love which is shackled inside us, and giving it a chance to live.",
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                        "text": "ought we not, from time to time, open ourselves up to cosmic sadness? ... Give your sorrow all the space and shelter in yourself that is its due, for if everyone bears his grief honestly and courageously, the sorrow that now fills the world will abate. But if you do not clear a decent shelter for your sorrow, and instead reserve most of the space inside you for hatred and thoughts of revenge-from which new sorrows will be born for others-then sorrow will never cease in this world and will multiply.",
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                        "text": "By 'coming to terms with life' I mean: the reality of death has become a definite part of my life; my life has, so to speak, been extended by death, by my looking death in the eye and accepting it, by accepting destruction as part of life and no longer wasting my energies on fear of death or the refusal to acknowledge its inevitability. It sounds paradoxical: by excluding death from our life we cannot live a full life, and by admitting death into our life we enlarge and enrich it.",
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                        "text": "When I pray, I never pray for myself, always for others, or else I hold a silly, naive, or deadly serious dialogue with what is deepest inside me, which for the sake of convenience I call God. Praying to God for something for yourself strikes me as being too childish for words. To pray for another's well-being is something I find childish as well; one should only pray that another should have enough strength to shoulder his burden. If you do that, you lend him some of your own strength.",
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                        "text": "We human beings cause monstrous conditions, but precisely because we cause them we soon learn to adapt ourselves to them. Only if we become such that we can no longer adapt ourselves, only if, deep inside, we rebel against every kind of evil, will we be able to put a stop to it. ... while everything within us does not yet scream out in protest, so long will we find ways of adapting ourselves, and the horrors will continue.",
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                        "text": "Slowly but surely I have been soaking Rilke up these last few months: the man, his work and his life. And that is probably the only right way with literature, with study, with people or with anything else: to let it all soak in, to let it all mature slowly inside you until it has become a part of yourself. That, too, is a growing process. Everything is a growing process. And in between, emotions and sensations that strike you like lightning. But still the most important thing is the organic process of growing.",
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