Anne Frank Quotes

Little bundle of contradictions

But I long to have a really good time for once and to laugh so hard it hurts. We're stuck in this house like lepers,

beauty remains, even in misfortune

Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.

I can recapture everything when I write, my thoughts, my ideals and my fantasies.

But i've slammed the door to my inner self; if he ever wants to force the lock again, he'll have to use a harder crowbar!

If I'm engrossed in a book, I have to rearrange my thoughts before I can mingle with other people, because otherwise they might think I was strange.

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

I am what a romantic movie is to a profound thinker - a mere diversion, a comic interlude, something that is soon forgotten.

Why do I always think and dream the most awful things and want to scream in terror?

Peter Wessel and Peter Van Daan have grown into one Peter, who is beloved and good, and for whom I long desperately.

Just as my heart sinks every time I hear her harsh words, that's how her heart sank when she realised there was no more love between us.

Crying can bring such relief.

I found that it was easier to think up questions than to ask them.

I'm seething with rage, yet I can't show it.

But wait till it happens to you! The ack-ack guns make so much noise you can't hear your own voice.

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

By thinking, nobody can ever get worse but will only get better.

Memories mean more to me than dresses.

I can't help telling you that I've begin to feel deserted.

Those who don't know will have to find out by experience that "a quiet conscience gives you strength!" Yours,

I've found that there is always some beauty left
in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.

I'm happy when I see him, and happier still if the sun shines when we're together

Who knows, perhaps he doesn't care about me at all and look at the others in just the same way.

People who flush easily become even more agitated when they feel themselves getting hot under the collar, and they quickly lose to their opponents.

The only way to take one's mind off it all is to study, and I do a lot of that.

I live in a crazy time.

She has so many bad traits, why should I single out just one of them?

And Father's fondness for talking about farting and going to the bathroom is disgusting.

I've always had to pay double for my sins: once with scoldings and then again with my own sense of despair.

Work, love, courage and hope,
Make me good and help me cope!

People who give will never be poor.

The reason for my starting a diary is that I have no real friend.

Dear Kitty, Nothing special going on here.

I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death ... I think ... peace and tranquillity will return again.

Paper is more patient than people." Whenever

I could spend hours telling you about the suffering the war has brought, but I'd only make myself more miserable.

Time heals all wounds.

If God lets me live, I shall attain more than Mummy ever has done, I shall not remain insignificant, I shall work in the world and for mankind!

I don't think my opinions are stupid but other people do, so it's better to keep them to myself.

I'll show then that Anne Frank wasn't born yesterday

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

And yet I don't seem able to touch on the subjects I'm so longing to bring out into the daylight.

Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?

And you can always, always, give kindness

A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery

I've learned one thing: you can only really get to know a person after a row. Only then can you judge their true character!

It won't take long before I explode with pent-up rage.

The art of living. Isn't that a funny expression?

The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!

A person can be lonely even if he is loved by many people, because he is still not the "One and Only" to anyone.

few nights ago I was the topic of discussion, and we all decided I was an ignoramus.

I do my best to please everybody, far more than they'd ever guess. I try to laugh it all off, because I don't want to let them see my trouble.

Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.

We're all alive, but we don't know why or what for; we're all searching for happiness; we're all leading lives which are different and yet the same.

I wonder if anyone can ever succeed in making their children content.

Harsh words and shouts are constantly being flung at my head, though I'm absolutely not used to it.

Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I'd like to be.

If God lets me live, I'll achieve more than Mother ever did, I'll make my voice heard, I'll go out into the world and work for mankind!

What's the point of the war? Why, oh why can't people live together peacefully? Why all this destruction?

Honestly, you needn't think it's easy to be the "badly brought up" central figure of a hypocritical family in hiding.

An empty day, though clear and bright,
Is just as dark as any night.

No, I'm not afraid, except when it comes to things about myself, but I'm working on that.

Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.

When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived!

What's done can't be undone, but at least you can keep it from happening again.

Teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth. Maybe this time they'll be unpredictable in the right direction for a change.

Whoever is happy will make others happy.

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.

Nature is the one thing for which there is no substitute! One

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

Paper is more patient than man.

Things were different when I was growing up.

It's hard to tell the truth, and yet the truth is that she's the one who's rejected me.

Sadness comes from feeling sorry for yourself and happiness from joy. I stopped talking

Besides, your imagination often plays tricks on you in moments of danger.

How can thinking about the misery of others help if you're miserable yourself

The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever

Love cannot be forced.

Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.

What are you supposed to do if you become part of the suffering? You'd be completely lost. On the contrary, beauty remains, even in misfortune.

God never deserted our people. Right through the ages there were Jews. Through the ages they suffered, but it also made us strong.

This is a photograph of me as I wish I looked all the time. Then I might have a chance of getting in Hollywood.

I want to go on living even after death!

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.

I believe in the sun, even when it rains.

You seem it's the silence that makes me so nervous during the evenings and nights.

Kitty, The "Secret Annexe

What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.

One gets on better in life if one is not over modest.

I hope I'm going to be a little like him, without having to go through what he has!

I hid myself within myself ... and quietly wrote down all my joys, sorrows and contempt in my diary.

Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.

If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example.

We're not the only people that have had to suffer, there have always been people that've had to.

Jews and Christians wait, the whole world waits,and there are many who wait for death

Because paper has more patience than people.

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

You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody's one and only.

God Save the King,