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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.

— Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)

Ik sus mijn geweten nu maar met de gedachte, dat scheldwoorden beter op papier kunnen staan dan dat moeder ze moet meedragen in haar hart.

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