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I have often been downcast, but never in despair.

Anne Frank

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Anne Frank
Age: 15 †
Born: 1929
Born: June 12
Died: 1945
Died: March 31
Author
Diarist
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Frankfurt/Main
Anna Frank
Anne Maries Frank
Ana Frank
Anne M. Frank
Annelies Marie Frank
Downcast
Despair
Often
Never

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I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains....My advice is: Go outside, to the fields, enjoy nature and the sunshine, go out and try to recapture happiness in yourself and in God. Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you and be happy!
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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 feel wicked sleeping in a warm bed, while my dearest friends have been knocked down or have fallen into a gutter somewhere out in the cold night. I get frightened when I think of close friends who have now been delivered into the hands of the cruelest brutes that walk the earth. And all because they are Jews!
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What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.
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Give and you shall receive, much more that you ever thought possible. Give and give again. People who give will never be poor!
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I think a lot, but I don't say much.
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Riches, power and fame last only for a few years! Why do people cling so desperately to these transitory things? Why can't people who have more than they need for themselves give that surplus to their fellow citizens? Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth?
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Let's not talk about it any more, but if you still want anything please write to me about it, because I can say what I mean much better on paper.
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The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.
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I do my best to please everybody, far more than they'd ever guess. I try to laugh it all off, because I don't want to let them see my trouble.
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Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice.
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