Quotes from Anne Frank

When I think about our lives here, I usually come to the conclusion that we live in a paradise compared to the Jews who aren't in hiding. All the same, later on, when everything has returned to normal, I'll probably wonder how we, who always lived in such comfortable circumstances, could have "sunk" so low.

I wonder whether you can tell me why it is that people always try so hard to hide their real feelings?

Quero continuar a viver, mesmo depois de minha morte! E por isso agradeço a Deus, que me deu esse dom, essa possibilidade de me desenvolver e escrever, de saber expressar tudo o que há em mim.

Usually, when I want to know something, I find it in some book or other, don't you?

People with religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things.

Por eso, hemos prohibido a Margot que tosa por las noches, pese a que está muy acatarrada, y le damos codeína en grandes cantidades.

I don't want the person I confide in to be around me all the time. When will I untangle my jumbled thoughts? When will I find inner peace again?

It gave me a wonderful feeling when I looked into his dark blue eyes and saw how bashful my unexpected visit had made him. I could read his innermost thoughts, and in his face, I saw a look of helplessness and uncertainty as to how to behave, and at the same time a flicker of awareness of his masculinity. I saw his shyness, and I melted. I wanted to say, Tell me about yourself. Look beneath my chatty exterior. But I found that it was easier to think up questions than to ask them.

Yo, por mi parte, seguiré con mi actitud fría y silenciosa, y tampoco en el futuro le tendré miedo a la verdad, puesto que cuanto más se la pospone, tanto más difícil es enfrentarla.

There's a lot to be said about the boys, or maybe not so much after all. [entry 6/15/42]

Esto es algo que nunca debemos olvidar: mientras otros muestran su heroísmo en la guerra o frente a los alemanes, nuestros protectores lo hacen con su buen ánimo y el cariño que nos demuestran.

Alone I had to face the difficult task of changing myself, to stop the everlasting reproaches, which were so oppressive and which reduced me to such terrible despondency.

Mi miedo desapareció, levanté la vista al cielo y confié en Dios.

It's good that somebody has finally cut me down to size, has broken my pride, because I've been far too smug.

While washing up, Bep began talking to Mother and Mrs van Daan about how discourages she gets. What help did those two offer her? Our tactless mother, especially, only made things go from bad to worse. Do you know what her advice was? That she should think about all the other people in the world who are suffering! How can thinking about the misery of others help if you're miserable yourself?

Tonight the guns have been banging away so much that I've already had to gather up my belongings four times. Today I packed a suitcase with the stuff I'd need in case we had to flee, but as Mother correctly noted, 'Where would you go?

The less worldly members of our household often refer to this small indulgence as a waste of money, yet they never fail to be surprised at how accurately I can list the actors in any given movie, even after a year.

When I think back to my life in 1942, it all seems so unreal. The Anne Frank who enjoyed that heavenly existence was completely different from the one who has grown wise within these walls.

It didn't happen overnight. I've struggled long and hard and shed many tears to become as independent as I am now.

El ser humano puede sentirse solo a pesar del amor de muchos, porque para nadie es realmente el "más querido".

Don't be modest and retiring, Anne. It will get you nowhere.

Y, Peter, mientras uno siga teniendo esa dicha interior, esa dicha por la naturaleza, por la salud y por tantas otras cosas; mientras uno lleve eso dentro dentro, siempre volverá a ser feliz. La riqueza, la fama, todo se puede perder, pero la dicha en el corazón a lo sumo puede velarse, y siempre, mientras vivas, volverá a hacerte feliz.

And yet they are coming from me. I want to take a fresh look at things and form my own opinion, not just ape my parents, as in the proverb 'The apple never falls far from the tree.

Are there any parents who can make their children completely happy?