Diaries Quote by Nelson Mandela

Like a lot of people, I read 'The Diary of Anne Frank' again and again and again when I was growing up - I'm…

— Monica Hesse

I've been inside the Anne Frank house. You've only read about Anne Frank in grade school. I've been in it. I've seen the diary.…

— Shawn Crahan

Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh reality around me. After I…

— Alexandra Fuller

When I first read Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl,' I saw for the first time that a girl could be a writer…

— Kate Bernheimer

I started keeping a diary in third grade and, in solidarity with Anne Frank, gave it a name and made it my confidante. To…

— Ariel Levy

“I put down my pen - Miss Fortier has confirmed my suspicions. I know exactly what caused Anne's insanity. Books. Women and their books.”

— Rachel Florence Roberts

“Keep that red-haired girl of yours in the open air all summer and don't let her read books until she gets more spring into…

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

The book was turned to the page with Anne Frank's name, but what got me about it was the fact that right beneath her…

— John Green

(Joan,1941) She wrote me a letter asking,"How can I read it?,Its so hard." I told her to start at the beginning and read as…

— Richard P. Feynman

“Anne had lived her whole life following the dictates of others. Now all the decisions were hers. What to do, when to do it,…

— Ellen O'Connell

“Often we feel the need to say that a book isn’t just about a particular time or place but is about the human spirit.…

— Will Schwalbe

I started reading the big histories and the small histories, the memoirs and so forth. At some point, I found the diary of William…

— Erik Larson