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If the truth is told, things are just as bad as you yourself care to make them.

Anne Frank

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Anne Frank
Age: 15 †
Born: 1929
Born: June 12
Died: 1945
Died: March 31
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Diarist
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Frankfurt/Main
Anna Frank
Anne Maries Frank
Ana Frank
Anne M. Frank
Annelies Marie Frank
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Sleep makes the silence and the terrible fear go by more quickly, helps pass the time, since it's impossible to kill.
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The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!
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When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived.
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I can recapture everything when I write, my thoughts, my ideals and my fantasies.
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But I won't bore you any longer on the subject of old men. It won't make things any better and all my plans of revenge (such as disconnecting the lamp, shutting the door, hiding his clothes) must be abandoned in order to keep the peace. Oh, I'm becoming so sensible!
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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.
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Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.
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You can get around to meaningful conversations more quickly in the dark than with the sun tickling your face.
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Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
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I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself these can all help you.
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In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality.
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God has never deserted our people. Through the ages Jews have had to suffer, but through the ages they've gone on living, and the centuries of suffering have only made them stronger.
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As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?
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