I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart..

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. I want to go on….

This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success..

Sometimes I think God is trying to test me, both now and in the future. I'll have to become a good person on my own, without anyone to serve as a mod….

but i've slammed the door to my inner self; if he ever wants to force the lock again, he'll have to use a harder crowbar!.

What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet..

I want something from Daddy that he is not able to give me. ... It is only that I long for Daddy's real love: not only as his child, but for me - Ann….

This is a photograph of me as I wish I looked all the time. Then I might have a chance of getting in Hollywood..

What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews..

It must be awful to feel you're not needed..

We've all been a little confused this past week, because our dearly beloved Westertoren bells have been carted off to be melted down for the war, so ….

Then, without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyon….

Our blessed radio. It gives us eyes and ears out into the world. We listen to the German station only for good music. And we listen to the BBC for ho….

it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl..

I have often been downcast, but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diar….

We lit the stove a few days ago and the entire room is filled with smoke. I prefer central heating, and I'm probably not the only one..

Yes, there is no doubt that paper is patient and as I don't intend to show this cardboard-covered notebook, bearing the proud name of "diary," to any….

It is becoming a bad dream-- in the daytime as well as at night. I see him nearly all the time and can't get at him, I mustn't show anything, must re….

I don't have much in the way of money or worldly possessions, I'm not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I'm happy, and I intend to stay that way!….

A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery.

I do my best to please everybody, far more than they'd ever guess. I try to laugh it all off, because I don't want to let them see my trouble..