Quotes About Adversity

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.

I had to hold my head up high and put a bold face on things, but the thoughts keep coming anyways.

Chins up, stick it out, better times will come.

How can I make it clear to him that what appears easy and attractive will drag him down into the depths, depths where there is no comfort to be found, no friends and no beauty, depths from which it is almost impossible to raise oneself?

So why am I often miserable about what goes on here? Shouldn't I be happy, contented, and glad.

I live in a crazy time.

I hope I'm going to be a little like him, without having to go through what he has!

Of course, we can't ever look out the window or go outside. And we have to be quiet so the people downstairs can't hear us.

Harsh words and shouts are constantly being flung at my head, though I'm absolutely not used to it.

People who flush easily become even more agitated when they feel themselves getting hot under the collar, and they quickly lose to their opponents.

I've learned one thing: you only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true character!

I'm afraid my common sense, which was in short supply to begin with, wil be used up too quickly and I won't have any left by the time the war is over.

The war is going to go on despite our quarrels and our longing for freedom and fresh air, so we should try to make the best of our stay here.

It looms before us, an impenetrable wall, trying to crush us, but not yet able to.

To be honest, I can't imagine how anyone could say 'I'm weak' and then stay that way. If you know that about yourself, why not fight it, why not develop your character? Their answer has always been: 'Because it's much easier not to!

Extraordinary things can happen to people who go into hiding. Just imagine, as there is no bath, we use a washtub and because

I know that there will be solace for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances.

At the moment, as you've probably noticed, I'm going through a spell of being depressed. I couldn't really tell you why it is, but I believe it's just because I'm a coward, and that's what I keep bumping up against.

Popierius atlaiko daugiau nei žmon?s.

Thursday, 6 January, 1944

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Pensavo che bisognava nascondersi e cacciavo invece nella borsa le cose più assurde. Ma non me ne rammarico, ci tengo di più ai ricordi che ai vestiti.

Îl iubeam aÈ™a de tare, încât n-am vrut s? privesc adev?rul în fa?? È™i m-am È›inut scai de el.

Sincer vorbind, nu pot s?-mi imaginez prea bine cum poate cineva s? spun? "Sunt slab" È™i s? continue s? r?mân? slab.