No one knows Anne’s better side, and that’s why most people can’t stand me. Oh, I can be an amusing clown for an afternoon, but after that, everyone’s had enough of me to last a month. Anne Frank Read Quote
Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn’t matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls. Anne Frank Read Quote
Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn’t women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers? Anne Frank Read Quote
I have a family, loving aunts, and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Anne Frank Read Quote
Although I’m only fourteen, I know quite well what I want. I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child. I feel quite independent of anyone. Anne Frank Read Quote
If I haven’t any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself. Anne Frank Read Quote
I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart. Anne Frank Read Quote
Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that ‘a quiet conscience makes one strong!’ Anne Frank Read Quote
After May 1940, the good times were few and far between; first there was the war, then the capitulation, and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews. Anne Frank Read Quote