Quotes from Anne Frank

Sometimes old people have really old-fashioned ideas, but that doesn't mean I have to go along with them.

This morning I was wondering whether you ever felt like a cow, having to chew my stale news over and over again until you're so fed up with the monotonous fare that you yawn and secretly wish Anne would dig up something new.

It is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.

I get frightened myself when I think of close friends who are now at the mercy of the cruelest monsters ever to stalk the earth. And all because they're Jews.

What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does reflect on all Jews.

It's all right for me to have boys as friends.

I'll show them that Anne Frank wasn't born yesterday. They'll sit up and take notice and keep their big mouths shut when I make them see they ought to attend to their own manners instead of mine.

Don't condemn me, but think of me as a person who sometimes reaches the bursting point!

Du bist doch eine echte Rabenmutter.

beauty remains, even in misfortune.

Go outside and try to recapture the happiness within yourself; think of all the beauty in yourself and in everything around you and be happy.

So there we were, Father, Mother and I, walking in the pouring rain, each of us with a schoolbag and a shopping bag filled to the brim with the most varied assortment of items. The people on their way to work at that early hour gave us sympathetic looks; you could tell by their faces that they were sorry they couldn't offer us some kind of transportation; the conspicuous yellow star spoke for itself.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

No matter what I'm doing, I can't help thinking about those who are gone. I catch myself laughing and remember that it's a disgrace to be so cheerful.

I thanked the interesting old lady and I now know that so-called interesting men owe their reputation to their looks alone.

to get back to the subject of raising children, yesterday a silence fell after Mrs. van D. finished her little speech. Father then replied, "I think Anne is very well brought up. At least she's learned not to respond to your interminable sermons. As far as the vegetables are concerned, all I have to say is look who's calling the kettle black." Mrs.

with its wondrous voice, helps us not to lose heart and to keep telling ourselves, 'Cheer up, keep your spirits high, things are bound to get better!

I start by getting snappy, then unhappy, and finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and what I could be, if…there weren't any other people living in the world.

Mi consejo es: "Sal fuera, a los prados, a la naturaleza y al sol. Sal fuera y trata de reencontrar la felicidad en ti misma; piensa en todas las cosas bellas que hay dentro de ti y a tu alrededor, y sé feliz.

Considérame simplemente como un ser que a veces siente que el cáliz de su amargura está lleno hasta los bordes.

Is there anything more beautiful in the world than to sit before an open window and enjoy nature, to listen to the birds singing, feel the sun on your cheeks and have a darling boy in your arms?

vuelto a tomar conciencia del hecho de que somos judíos encadenados, encadenados a un único lugar, sin derechos, con miles de obligaciones.

It strikes fear to my heart when Peter talks of later being a criminal, or of gambling; although it's meant as a joke, of course, it gives me the feeling that he's afraid of his own weakness.

Peter added, "The Jews have been and always will be the chosen people!" I answered, "Just this once, I hope they'll be chosen for something good!