Quotes from Anne Frank

It's just that I'd like to feel that Father really loves me, not because I'm his child, but because I'm me, Anne.

The warehouse cat was always the aggressor, while the attic cat was ultimately the victor, just as in politics.

Voglio continuare a vivere dopo la mia morte! Perciò sono grata a Dio che mi ha fatto nascere con quest'attitudine a evolvermi e a scrivere per esprimere ciò che è in me. Scrivendo dimentico tutti i miei guai, mi rianimo e la mia tristezza svanisce. Ma, e questo è il problema, saprò scrivere qualche cosa di grande, diverrò mai giornalista o scrittrice? Lo spero, perché scrivendo posso fissare tutto, i miei pensieri, i miei ideali e le mie fantasie.

It's twice as hard for us young people to hold on to our opinions at a time when ideals are being shattered and destroyed, when the worst side of human nature predominates, when everyone has come to doubt truth, justice and God.

In bed at night, as I ponder my many sins and exaggerated shortcomings, I get so confused by the sheer amount of things I have to consider that I either laugh or cry, depending on my mood. Then I fall asleep with the strange feeling of wanting to be different than I am or being different than I want to be, or perhaps of behaving differently than I am or want to be.

Alles is niet zo erg dan ontdekt te worden.

Wat één christen doet, moet hijzelf verantwoorden, wat één jood doet, valt op alle joden terug.

By now I can recognize the women at a glance...with faces that are either grim or good-humored, depending on the mood of their husbands.

I could spend hours telling you about the suffering the war has brought, but I'd only make myself more miserable. All we can do is wait, as calmly as possible, for it to end...the whole world is waiting, and many are waiting for death.

I now know that courage and happiness are needed first!

Ho un grande bisogno di star sola. Papà ha notato che sono diversa dal solito, ma non posso raccontargli tutto. «Lasciatemi in pace, lasciatemi sola!» vorrei gridare. Chi sa che un giorno non resti ancor più sola di quanto desidero. Il diario di Anne Frank , Anne Frank.

All's fair in love and war.

Kitty, The "Secret Annexe

What goes click ninety-nine times and clack once? A centipede with a clubfoot.

unless I should ever find a real friend

Jan Gies won't need to. He'll let his wife ride piggyback, and then Miep

unübersehbarer Schaden, schrecklich, entsetzlich, nie zu ersetzen'*

sal fuera, a los prados, la naturaleza y al sol. Sal fuera y trata de encontrar la felicidad en ti misma, piensa en todas las cosas bellas que hay dentro de ti y a tu alrededor, y se feliz.

Quando escrevo, liberto-me de tudo; minhas tristezas desaparecem, minha coragem renasce.

Er blijft ons niets anders over dan zo rustig als 't maar kan het einde van deze misère af te wachten. Zowel de joden als de christenen wachten, de hele aardbol wacht, en velen wachten op hun dood.

E quem é feliz, faz feliz os outros. Aquele que tem fé e coragem jamais perecerá na desgraça.

If the truth is told, things are just as bad as you yourself care to make them.

When I think about our lives here, I

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