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“What I condemn are our system of values and the men who don't acknowledge how great, difficult, but ultimately beautiful women's share in society is.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“It must be awful to feel you're not needed.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

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

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness. I hear the ever-approaching thunder, which will destroy us too. I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

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

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“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”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“I get cross, then sad, and finally end up turning my heart inside out, and keep trying to find a way to become what I'd like to be and what I could be if…. if only there were no other people in the world.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“Who else but me is ever going to read these letters?”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“I'm sentimental--I know. I'm desperate and silly--I know that too. Oh, help me!”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“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 (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

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

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“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.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“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.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As long as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“Sometimes I'm so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

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

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary