Then I fall asleep with a stupid feeling of wishing to be different from what I am or from what I want to be; perhaps to behave differently from the ….

He clings to his solitude, to his affected indifference and his grown-up ways, but it's just an act, so as never, never to show his real feelings..

Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I'm tired….

I can recapture everything when I write, my thoughts, my ideals and my fantasies..

don’t believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations ….

When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived..

Why are millions spent on the war each day, while not a penny is available for ... artists or the poor? Why do people have to starve when mountians o….

The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable hiding place in all of Amsterdam. No….

The young are not afraid of telling the truth..

The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever.

There's one golden rule to keep before you: laugh about everything and don't bother yourself about the others!.

I have always been the dunce, the never-do-well of the family, I've always have to pay double for my deeds, first with the scolding and then again be….

I want to go on living even after death!.

People who give will never be poor..

Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good adv….

There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for t….

Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery.

But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem..

I simply can't imagine the world will ever be normal again for us. I do talk about "after the war," but it's as if I'm talking about a castle in the ….

Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness..

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 fi….