Anne Frank
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frankwas a German-born diarist and writer. She is one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, which documents her life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, is one of the world's most widely known books and has been the basis for several plays and films...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth12 June 1929
CityFrankfurt, Germany
CountryGermany
A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery
We're not the only people that have had to suffer, there have always been people that've had to.
Is discord going to show itself while we are still fighting, is the Jew once again worth less than another? Oh, it is sad, very sad, that once more, for the umpteenth time, the old truth is confirmed: What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.
There's in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated, and grown will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside
The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!
I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.
I want friends, not admirers. People who respect me for my character and my deeds, not my flattering smile. The circle around me would be much smaller, but what does that matter, as long as they're sincere?
I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.
Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.
Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?
Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.