Quotes from Anne Frank

Surely the time will come when we are people again, and not just Jews.

I've made up my mind to lead a different life from other girls, and not to become an ordinary housewife later on.

beauty remains, even in misfortune. If you just look for it, you discover more and more happiness and regain your balance.

He llegado al punto en que ya me da lo mismo morir que seguir viviendo. La Tierra seguirá dando vueltas aunque yo no esté, y de cualquier forma no puedo oponer ninguna resistencia a los acontecimientos. Que sea lo que haya de ser, y por lo demás seguiré estudiando y esperando que todo acabe bien.

Everyone has to decide for himself how to get the better of his own mood

First, there's the rose— the queen of the flowers; she's so beautiful and her fragrance is so intoxicating that it goes to everyone's head, most of all her own. The rose is beautiful, sweet-smelling and elegant, but if things aren't going her way, she shows her thorns. She's like a spoiled child—beautiful, elegant and seemingly nice as can be, but if you touch her or talk to someone else so that she's no longer the center of attention, out come her claws.

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

I don't have much in the way of money or worldly possessions, I'm not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I'm happy, and I intend to stay that way! I was born happy, I love people, I have a trusting nature, and I'd like everyone to be happy too.

Yes, in the sense that I felt a certain contentment. Not always, mind you. I moaned and groaned from time to time. But I was never downright depressed again, probably because I realized that sadness comes from feeling sorry for yourself and happiness from joy.

Riches, prestige, everything can be lost. But the happiness in your own heart can only be dimmed; it will always be there, as long as you live, to make you happy again. Whenever you've feeling lonely or sad, try going to the loft on a beautiful day and looking outside. Not at the houses and the rooftops, but at the sky. As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you'll know that you've pure within and will find happiness once more.

At any rate, they laugh at us when we're serious, and they're serious when we're joking.

Stupid people usually can't bear it when others do something better than they do;

Most people are blinded by the outer glow. If they'd been allowed to vote, very few people would have picked the rose. The rose is majestic and beautiful, and just as in the real world, no one asks the flowers whether a bloom which is outwardly less pretty might actually be inwardly more beautiful and more fit to rule.

how different we were back then; we don't even recognize ourselves from that period.

I look upon our life in hiding as an interesting adventure, full of danger and romance, and every privatisation as an amusing addition to my diary. I've made up my mind to lead a different life from other girls, and not to become an ordinary housewife later on.

The world's been turned upside down. The most decent people are being sent to concentration camps, prisons and lonely cells, while the lowest of the low rule over young and old, rich and poor.

Ode to My Fountain Pen In Memoriam My

Você só conhece mesmo uma pessoa quando tem com ela uma briga. Só então pode avaliar seu verdadeiro caráter!

It's just that when you're standing beside an open window at twilight, you can say more to each other than in bright sunshine. It's also easier to whisper your feelings than to shout them from the rooftops.

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

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

I'll spare you the rest of our conversations. I'm very calm and take no notice of all the fuss. I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to change events anyway. I'll just let matters take their course and concentrate on studying and hope that everything will be all right in the end.

I need to have something besides a husband and children to devote myself to!

Love finds a way.