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Ordinary people don't know how much books can mean to someone who's cooped up.

Anne Frank

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Anne Frank
Age: 15 †
Born: 1929
Born: June 12
Died: 1945
Died: March 31
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Frankfurt/Main
Anna Frank
Anne Maries Frank
Ana Frank
Anne M. Frank
Annelies Marie Frank
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I had an occasional flash of understanding, but then got selfishly wrapped up again in my own problems and pleasures.
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Looking back, I realize that this period of my life has irrevocably come to a close my happy-go-lucky, carefree schooldays are gone forever. I don't even miss them. I've outgrown them. I can no longer just kid around, since my serious side is always there.
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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.
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it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.
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In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.
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Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.
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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.
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We’re all alive, but we don’t know why or what for we’re all searching for happiness we’re all leading lives which are different and yet the same.
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Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.
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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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Don't be too assuming, it doesn't get you anywhere.
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You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.
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You must work and should not be lazy if you want to be happy.
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I don't dare do anything anymore, 'cause I'm afraid it's not allowed.
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We've all been a little confused this past week, because our dearly beloved Westertoren bells have been carted off to be melted down for the war, so we have no idea of the exact time, either night or day.
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Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good row with them. Then and then only can you judge their true characters!
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I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago!.
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Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
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Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong.
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I believe in the sun, even when it rains.
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