Anne Frank quotes - page 4

An empty day, though clear and bright, Is just as dark as any night. (Anne Frank)
As long as you're in the food business, why not make sweets?
Anne Frank
I'm currently in the middle of a depression. I couldn't really tell you what set it off, but I think it stems from my cowardice, which confronts me at every turn.
Anne Frank
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.
Anne Frank
People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things.
Anne Frank
People can so easily be tempted by slackness... and by money.
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The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever.
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You must work and do good, not be lazy and gamble, if you wish to earn happiness. Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.
Anne Frank
Memories mean more to me than dresses.
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I am what a romantic movie is to a profound thinker - a mere diversion, a comic interlude, something that is soon forgotten.
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I have always been the dunce, the never-do-well of the family, I've always have to pay double for my deeds, first with the scolding and then again because of the way my feelings are hurt. (Anne Frank)
Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.
Anne Frank
I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty of the war. Oh, no, the little man is just as keen, otherwise the people of the world would have risen in revolt long ago.
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I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.
Anne Frank
Paper has more patience than people.
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Looking back, I realize that this period of my life has irrevocably come to a close; my happy-go-lucky, carefree schooldays are gone forever. I don't even miss them. I've outgrown them. I can no longer just kid around, since my serious side is always there.
Anne Frank
The reason for my starting a diary is that I have no real friend.
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This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.
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Then I fall asleep with a stupid feeling of wishing to be different from what I am or from what I want to be; perhaps to behave differently from the way I want to behave or do behave.
Anne Frank
Let's not talk about it any more, but if you still want anything please write to me about it, because I can say what I mean much better on paper.
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There's something happening everyday, but I'm too tired and lazy to write it all down. (Anne Frank)
It must be awful to feel you're not needed.
Anne Frank
I also have a brand-new prescription for gunfire jitters: When the shooting gets loud, proceed to the nearest wooden staircase. Run up and down a few times, making sure to stumble at least once. What with the scratches and the noise of running and falling, you won't even be able to hear the shooting, much less worry about it. Yours truly has put this magic formula to use, with great success!
Anne Frank
leave me in peace, let me sleep one night at least without my pillow being wet with tears, my eyes burning and my head throbbing.
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...by thinking, nobody can ever get worse but will only get better.
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