Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"This is the beginning of the end (talking about the war)... Everyone was saying... But the British Prime Minister said, "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Do you see the difference?"
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"This is the beginning of the end (talking about the war)... Everyone was saying... But the British Prime Minister said, "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Do you see the difference?"
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?... Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together!"
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"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, The Diary of a Young Girl
"It is becoming a bad dream-- in the daytime as well as at night. I see him nearly all the time and can't get at him, I mustn't show anything, must remain gay while I'm really in despair."
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"There is a saying that, paper is more patient than man."
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, I can't do anything to change events anyway."
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"In the book Soldiers on the Home Front, I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness and misery than any war hero ever does. An what's her reward for enduring all that pain? She gets pushed aside when she's disfigured by birth, her children soon leave, hear beauty is gone. Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together."
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"Sleep makes the silence and the terrible fear go by more quickly, helps pass the time, since it's impossible to kill."
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!"
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem."
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"Despite everything, I believe people are really good at heart."
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"It's just that when you're standing beside an open window at twilight, you can say more toeach other than in bright sunshine. It's also easier to whisper your feelings than toshout them from the rooftops."
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"Peter Wessel and Peter Van Daan have grown into one Peter, who is beloved and good, and for whom I long desperately."
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"I'm sentimental--I know. I'm desperate and silly--I know that too. Oh, help me!"
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"How true Daddy's words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands."
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
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