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Who knows, perhaps one day people will listen more to “the little piece of God”, which we call a conscience, than to their own desires!.

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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)

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Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.

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