Anne Frank Quotes

“The world has plenty of room, riches, money and beauty ... Let us begin by dividing it more fairly.”

“They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.”

“Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.”

“Why can't people live with each other in peace? Why must everything be destroyed? Why must people go hungry while surplus food elsewhere in the world rots away? Oh why must people be so crazy?”

“This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.”

“I... keep trying to find a way to become what I'd like to be and what I could be if... if only there were no other people in the world.”

“Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I'd like to be.”

“Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?”

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

“it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.”

“People who give will never be poor.”

“Our blessed radio. It gives us eyes and ears out into the world. We listen to the German station only for good music. And we listen to the BBC for hope.”

“There's something happening everyday, but I'm too tired and lazy to write it all down.”

“The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character.”

“It must be awful to feel you're not needed.”

“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”

“Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.”

“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.”

“You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody's one and only.”

“What's done can't be undone, but at least you can keep it from happening again.”

“No one ever was the poorer for giving”

“As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?”

“What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.”

“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.”

“Where there is hope...there is life”