How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
— Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex
Anne Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim who became known worldwide after her death for the diary she kept while in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands. In it she described her family's everyday life in a secret annex in Amsterdam from 1942 until their arrest in 1944.
She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1929. In 1934, when she was four and a half, her family moved to Amsterdam after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. By May 1940 they were trapped in Amsterdam by the German occupation. She lost her German citizenship in 1941 and became stateless, and she never officially became a Dutch citizen. As persecution of Jews increased in July 1942, the family went into hiding. The Diary of a Young Girl is her most quoted work in our library.
She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1929. In 1934, when she was four and a half, her family moved to Amsterdam after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. By May 1940 they were trapped in Amsterdam by the German occupation. She lost her German citizenship in 1941 and became stateless, and she never officially became a Dutch citizen. As persecution of Jews increased in July 1942, the family went into hiding. The Diary of a Young Girl is her most quoted work in our library.
Most quoted works
- The Diary of a Young Girl 43
- The Diary of Anne Frank 3
Paper is more patient than man.
— The Diary of a Young Girl
I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.
— The Diary of a Young Girl
I've learned one thing: you can only really get to know a person after a row. Only then can you judge their true character!
— The Diary of a Young Girl
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God.
— The Diary of a Young Girl
Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.
— The Diary of a Young Girl
It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
— The Diary of a Young Girl
What I condemn are our system of values and the men who don't acknowledge how great, difficult, but ultimately beautiful women's share in society is.
— The Diary of a Young Girl
As long as you're in the food business, why not make sweets?
— The Diary of a Young Girl
Work, love, courage and hope, Make me good and help me cope!
— The Diary of a Young Girl
Sometimes I'm so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again.
— The Diary of a Young Girl
— diary of Anne Frank: the play
But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.
— The Diary of a Young Girl
The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity. As long as this exists, and that should be forever, I know that there will be solace for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances. I firmly believe that nature can bring comfort to all who suffer.
— The Diary of a Young Girl