Just wanna continue the first part because I've finished the book ;) What a great book, filled with great thoughts, just love it! (:
"I long ... to cry! I feel as if I were about to explode. I know crying would help, but I can't cry."
"I'm in state of utter confusion, don't know what to read, what to write, what to do. I only know that I'm longing for something..."
"Now that I have something to look forward to, my life here has improved greatly."
"As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?"
"I know that there will be solace for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances."
"As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you'll know that you're pure within and will find happiness once more."
"I have to pretend to be cheerful, though my heart is aching."
"And what about us? We aren't allowed to have an opinion! People can tell you to shut up, but they can't keep you from having an opinion."
"Love, what is love? I don't think you can really put it into words. Love is understanding someone, caring for him, sharing his joys and sorrows."
"It's a good thing that, at the height of my glory, I was suddenly plunged into reality."
"I want friends, not admirers. People who respect me for my character and my deeds, not my flattering smile."
"At such moments I don't think about all the misery, but about the beauty that still remains. A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery!"
"I was born happy, I love people, I have a trusting nature, and I'd like everyone else to be happy too."
"Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were about to publish a novel about the Secret Annexe."
"The end of the war still seemed so far away, so unreal, like a fairy tale."
"I finally realized that I must do my schoolwork to keep from being ignorant, to get on in life, to become a journalist, because that's what I want!"
"I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met."
"When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived!"
"I adore the history of the arts, especially when it concerns writers, poets and painters; musicians may come later."
"I know what I want, I have a goal, I have opinions, a religion and love. If only I can be myself, I'll be satisfied."
"I look upon our life in hiding as an interesting adventure, full of danger and romance, and every privation as an amusing addition to my diary."
"It's good that somebody has finally cut me down to size, has broken my pride, because I've been far too smug."
"I love Holland. Once I hoped it would become a fatherland to me, since I had lost my own. And I hope so still!"
"Unless you're a Nazi, you don't know what's going to happen to you from one day to the next."
"But where there's hope, there's life."
"Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together!"
"To be honest, I can't imagine how anyone could say 'I'm weak' and then stay that way. If you know that about yourself, why not fight it, why not develop your character?"
"We're all alive, but we don't know why and what for; we're all searching for happiness; we're all leading lives that are different and yet the same."
"Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction."
"Curtains and windows open, loud voices, banging doors--I was trembling with excitement. I kept thinking, 'Are we really in hiding?' This must be how it feels when you can finally go out into the world again."
"It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality."
Regards,
Keisha Lyubiana
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