Quotes About Hope

We, too, shall have to move on again with our little bundles, and leave this beautiful country, which offered us such warm welcome and which now turns it back on us. I love Holland, I who, having no native country, had hoped that it might become my fatherland, and I still hope it will!

All we can do is wait, as calmly as possible, for it to end. Jews and Christians alike are waiting, the whole world is waiting, and many are waiting for death.

Me da mucho miedo pensar en todas las personas con quienes me he sentido siempre tan íntimamente ligada y que ahora están en manos de los más crueles verdugos que hayan existido jamás. Y todo por ser judíos.

Dussel promised her the moon, but, as usual, we haven't seen so much as a beam.

Asta-i dificultatea timpului nostru: idealul, visele, speranÈ›ele frumoase nici nu apuc? s? apar? bine, È™i numaidecât sunt lovite de realitatea atroce È™i distruse cu totul.

not, they proceed to the next house.

Stundenlang könnte ich von all dem Elend erzählen, das der Krieg mit sich bringt, aber das macht mich nur noch trauriger. Es bleibt uns nichts anderes übrig, als ruhig und gefasst das Ende dieser Notzeit abzuwarten. Die Juden warten und die Christen warten. Der gesamte Erdball wartet...viele warten auf ihren Tod!

Es que la gente corriente no sabe lo que significa un libro para un escondido.

There's a saying: "Time heals all wounds.

person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery!

The Knock at the Door by Ina Boudier-Bakker.

Mientras exista este sol y este cielo tan despejado, y pueda yo verlo —pensé—, no podré estar triste.» Para todo el que tiene miedo, está solo o se siente desdichado, el mejor remedio es salir al aire libre, a algún sitio en donde poder estar totalmente solo, solo con el cielo, con la naturaleza y con Dios.

Let the end come, however cruel; at least then we'll know whether we are to be the victors or the vanquished.

Para todo el que tiene miedo, está solo o se siente desdichado, el mejor remedio es salir al aire libre, a algún sitio en donde poder estar totalmente solo, solo con el cielo, con la naturaleza y con Dios.

It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquthty will return once more. In the meantime, I must hold on to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I'll be able to realize them!

Alguna vez que te sientas solo y desdichado o triste y estés en la buhardilla cuando haga un tiempo tan hermoso. No mires las casas y los tejados, sino al cielo. Mientras puedas mirar al cielo sin temor, sabrás que eres puro dentro y que, pase lo que pase, volverás a ser feliz.

begin with, will be used up too quickly and I won't have any left by the time the war is over. Yours

It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality.

An empty day, though clear and bright. Is just as dark as any night.

but I long to have a really good time for once and to laugh so hard it hurts. We're stuck in this house like lepers

Besides that, our potatoes have contracted such strange diseases that one out of every two buckets of pommes de terre winds up in the garbage. We entertain ourselves by trying to figure out which disease they've got, and we've reached the conclusion that they suffer from cancer, smallpox and measles. Honestly, being in hiding during the fourth year of the war is no picnic. If only the whole stinking mess were over!

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

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