The Diary Of A Young Girl Quotes
"Who would have guessed three months ago that quicksilver Anne would have to sit so quietly for hours on end, and what's more, that she could?"
"I feel terrible. Miep's accounts of these horrors are so heartrending, and Miep is also very distraught."
"I've learned one thing: you only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true character!"
"The people get almost nothing to eat, much less to drink, as water is available only one hour a day."
"I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone."
"I'm looking forward to the arrival of the van Daans, it will be much more fun and also not as quiet."
"I simply can't stand Mother, and I have to force myself not to snap at her all the time, and to stay calm."
"Father and I are currently working on our family tree, and he tells me something about each person as we go along."
"I should be used to the fact that these squabbles are daily occurrences, but I'm not and never will be as long as I'm the subject of nearly every discussion."
"If the Gestapo can't find the saboteur, they simply grab five hostages and line them up against the wall."
"When you're living with old folks, all you can do is put up with their nagging — it's hard but it's true."
"I can picture what a mother and a wife should be and can't seem to find anything of the sort in the woman I'm supposed to call 'Mother.'"
"I'm frequently in need of consolation, I often feel weak, and more often than not, I fail to meet expectations."
"I long for something from Father that he's incapable of giving."
"I've always been the clown and mischief maker of the family; I've always had to pay double for my sins."
"The children in this neighborhood run around in thin shirts and wooden shoes. They have no coats, no caps, no stockings, and no one to help them."
"We’re so fortunate here, away from the turmoil."
"Sometimes I think God is trying to test me, both now and in the future."
"I tell myself time and again to overlook Mother’s bad example."
"All we can do is wait, as calmly as possible, for it to end."
"I'm not prudish, Kitty, and yet every time they give a blow-by-blow account of their trips to the bathroom, which they often do, my whole body rises in revolt."
"The best example of this is our own helpers, who have managed to pull us through so far and will hopefully bring us safely to shore, because otherwise they’ll find themselves sharing the fate of those they’re trying to protect."
"This lighthearted banter is all very amusing, but reality will prove otherwise."
"I see the eight of us in the Annex as if we were a patch of blue sky surrounded by menacing black clouds."
"I long for more than Father's affection, more than his hugs and kisses."
"The war is going to go on despite our quarrels and our longing for freedom and fresh air, so we should try to make the best of our stay here."
"I can understand now that Peter thought I was childish, and yet it still hurts to think he’d forgotten me completely."
"Who knows, perhaps the day will come when I’m left alone more than I’d like!"
"I’ve reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can’t do anything to change events anyway."
"One minute I’m longing for peace and quiet, and the next for a little fun. We’ve forgotten how to laugh — I mean, laughing so hard you can't stop."
"The sun is shining, the sky is deep blue, there’s a magnificent breeze, and I’m longing — really longing — for everything: conversation, freedom, friends, being alone."
"I feel as if I were about to explode. I know crying would help, but I can’t cry."
"As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?"
"Riches, prestige, everything can be lost. But the happiness in your own heart can only be dimmed; it will always be there, as long as you live, to make you happy again."
"The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God."
"I’m never alone in the room I share with Dussel, though I long to be so much."
"Everything would be all right if only I had Peter, since I admire him in many ways."
"Love, what is love? I don’t think you can really put it into words. Love is understanding someone, caring for him, sharing his joys and sorrows."
"I can’t stand the heat. I’m glad the wind’s come up today, but that the sun’s still shining."
"If you’re going to the attic, take an umbrella with you, preferably a large one!"
"When the shooting gets loud, proceed to the nearest wooden staircase."
"The Fifth Army has taken Rome. The city neither destroyed nor bombed. Great propaganda for Hitler."
"The bottom of our black moneybox is in sight. What are we going to live on next month?"
"This is D Day," the BBC announced at twelve."
"But where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again."
"Nature makes me feel humble and ready to face every blow with courage!"
"Modern women want the right to be completely independent!"
"Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction."
"Older people have an opinion about everything and are sure of themselves and their actions."
"A voice within me is sobbing, 'You see, that’s what’s become of you.'"
"I’ve pushed him even further away by being irritable."
"A bundle of contradictions" was the end of my previous letter and is the beginning of this one."