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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 that are different and yet the same.
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
You can be lonely even when you're loved by many people, since you're still not anybody's "one and only".
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
I trust to luck and do nothing but work, hoping that all will end well.
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
Fine specimens of humanity, those Germans, and to think that I am actually one of them!
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
Forgive me, Kitty, they don't call me a bundle of contradictions for nothing!
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but it doesn't stop you having your own opinions. Even if people are still very young, they shouldn't be prevented from saying what they think.
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
I've learned one thing: you only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true character!
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
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.
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
I've found that there is always some beauty left — in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you. Look at these things, then you find yourself again, and God, and then you regain your balance. A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery!
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
I want to go on living even after my death! And that's why I'm so grateful to God for having given me this gift, which I can use to develop myself and to express all that's inside me!
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
I need to have something besides a husband and children to devote myself to! 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.
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
I believe that in the course of the next century the notion that it's a woman's duty to have children will change and make way for the respect and admiration of all women, who bear their burdens without complaint or a lot of pompous words!
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
For someone like me, it is a very strange habit to write in a diary. Not only that I have never written before, but it strikes me that later neither I, nor anyone else, will care for the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
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."
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)
At such moments I don't think about all the misery, but about the beauty that still remains. This is where Mother and I differ greatly. Her advice in the face of melancholy is: "Think about all the suffering in the world and be thankful you're not part of it." My advice is: "Go outside, to the country, enjoy the sun and all nature has to offer. Go outside and try to recapture the happiness within yourself; think of all the beauty in yourself and in everything around you and be happy."
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)