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9 Inspiring Quotes from Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl
June 12, 1942: On this day, Anne Frank received a diary for her thirteenth birthday. "I hope I will be able to confide everything to you," she wrote in her new diary. "I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support."
After Anne and her family were captured, Miep Gies, a loyal friend, saved the diary and kept it safe until the war ended. She returned it to Anne's father, the only surviving member of the family, who successfully published it in 1947. Read on for incredible words of comfort and support from The Diary of a Young Girl.
1. "I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn."
2. "Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness."
3. "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
4. "In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit."
5. "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 living even after death."
6. "I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that remains."
7. "Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again."
8. "Because paper has more patience than people."
9. "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."
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A book (and soul) that should never be forgotten. (And which I'm due for a re-read soon.)
Shadowdenizen wrote: "A book (and soul) that should never be forgotten. (And which I'm due for a re-read soon.)"You and me both, friend. I was just thinking the same thing.
I've read this years ago and it is still vivid as a fresh memory...
Aisha wrote: "Definitely need to re-read soon"I was really thinking about the same thing ☺
Fernando wrote: "Not read yet (shame on me)"It is never too late to do so... ^^
Faithc wrote: "Fernando wrote: "Not read yet (shame on me)"It is never too late to do so... ^^"
It won't ever be too late to do so with this book.
Faithc wrote: "Aisha wrote: "Definitely need to re-read soon"I was really thinking about the same thing ☺"
Great minds think alike! I was younger when i read it so I don't think fully appreciated it
Samuel wrote: "Faithc wrote: "Fernando wrote: "Not read yet (shame on me)"It is never too late to do so... ^^"
It won't ever be too late to do so with this book."
Exactly!
And to think what utter nonsense I write in my own diary! By the way, I think you wrote "I hope I will be able to confide everything to you," she wrote in her new diary twice.
Rosaline wrote: "And to think what utter nonsense I write in my own diary! By the way, I think you wrote "I hope I will be able to confide everything to you," she wrote in her new diary twice."
Good eye!
I can relate to that... After reading her diary, mine felt so childish and I questioned my whole existence... but her diary along that of Hellen Keller's are basically my inspirational sanctuariries....the latter is totally worth reading as well.
Aisha wrote: "Faithc wrote: "Aisha wrote: "Definitely need to re-read soon"I was really thinking about the same thing ☺"
Great minds think alike! I was younger when i read it so I don't think fully appreciated it"
I humbly agree
Samuel wrote: "Rosaline wrote: "And to think what utter nonsense I write in my own diary! By the way, I think you wrote "I hope I will be able to confide everything to you," she wrote in her new diary twice."
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Thanks!
Faithc wrote: "I can relate to that... After reading her diary, mine felt so childish and I questioned my whole existence... but her diary along that of Hellen Keller's are basically my inspirational sanctuaririe..."Oh, I should check out Helen Keller's diary as well. Thanks for that!
I am putting this on my to be re-read list!
Rosaline wrote: "Faithc wrote: "I can relate to that... After reading her diary, mine felt so childish and I questioned my whole existence... but her diary along that of Helen Keller's are basically my inspiration..."You're welcome:)
I listened to this book a few years ago and loved it. Reading it for the first time as an adult, I found it very beautiful, poignant, and insightful. I almost cried several times and find myself tearing up even now while writing this. Since I've been reading Margot (a fictional story about her sister surviving the camps), I know I'll be picking up Anne's diary again soon. What a beautiful example of hope and inspiration in any time or place!
Such beauty in words that were created by her pen! It is profoundly amazing that a teenage girl could influence the world thru a dairy. Also that she was such an humorous and optimistic person when faced with despair and uncertainties around her. It was such a misfortune for history that her life was cut off young. But her wish to improve and help the world was granted, and now lives on through her words and readers world wide.
This book and every single one of the quotes touches me so deeply. First read in the 7th grade and has always been in my Heart. Looking at the page above I don't know why/how it's only marked as four stars as I'd never have given it less than five on purpose. About two years ago I bought a copy for each of my duaghters. They started reading it, but then teen life started and reading was lost to technology. My heart aches, but I hope someday they'll rediscover the Joy, knowledge and incredible things that reading gives us.
I also have a copy of
which is an amazing book. It explores all the documents from the diary, matching up Anne's writing with her fathers, letters etc., there's simply way too much to post here, but the book is one which just has to be seen and read to truly get how amazing it is. The intricacies of it are one any reader who wants to learn more shouldn't ever go without. My humble opinion. Quotes:3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 are some which touch me the most profoundly.
Now to go fix that rating........
I feel terribly bad that I have not read this book yet. Well, now I know what to get next time I go to Barnes & Noble.
srhelsel609 wrote: "Such beauty in words that were created by her pen! It is profoundly amazing that a teenage girl could influence the world thru a dairy. Also that she was such an humorous and optimistic person when..."Wow!! That was so Beautifully said and you're absolutely right. Her wish does live on. I'm all teary eyed now. An inspiration to the world she still is.
Hers is a great and moving story. That said, I'd like to meet the ghost - writer of these Chinese cookie maxims. Several have been named.
Despite every thing I sill belive are really good at heart
Fernando wrote: "Not read yet (shame on me)"Yes.
Read this 10 years ago.Gonna re-read it again very soon !!
I started reading this today, I read it a long time ago and it has stayed with me for years. One paragraph in the 20th June entry, she writes “Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing.” Over 35 million copies sold worldwide, oh if only she knew, makes me feel so very sad.
+In TO-READ list.^_^
urggghh.. sucks i still didn't read this.
But i heard from dear friends,that this book is awesome!
:)
I think these are great quotes. Is a great book too! But I never had a chance to borrowed it yet from the library. I heard from my friends that this is a great book to read. (+To-Read List)
I think that her quotes are really inspirational
an other inspiring quote for Anna "...if only there were no other people in the world"
For a kid, she sure has a lot of wisdom in her!
If only society were like that today...
Ashli wrote: "If only society were like that today..."Sometimes I feel the same but thankfully books like this are there to remind us of beauty and goodness...
Yeah, it's really nice to get lost in a an untrue world sometimes. Even if its not real, sometimes its better than reality.
This was an odd read for me.For the most part the contents aren't too dissimilar from the worries of any other teenage girl's diary, yet the way it just suddenly ends shocked me considerably.
It's the closest that a book has come to making me cry.
Ashli wrote: "Yeah, it's really nice to get lost in a an untrue world sometimes. Even if its not real, sometimes its better than reality."But sometimes I wonder if drifting from reality and drowning myself in books is a good thing or a bad one?!
I read her diary when I was in middle school. I remember being touched and amazed by her unbroken spirit. Thank your for reminding me to re-visit such an important and inspiring work!
I started few weeks ago to read the Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl on page 9 right now. Soon I will continue to read the book. But I feel sad about her life. She is Jewish. They looked for her and her family too. I love to read her life book. Where I got a book from paperbookswap.com
went to Anne Franks house in feb of this year,so had to read it again. If you think the book is moving, go visit the house
Aisha wrote: "Faithc wrote: "Aisha wrote: "Definitely need to re-read soon"
I was really thinking about the same thing ☺"
Great minds think alike! I was younger when i read it so I don't think fully appreciated it"
Definitely a book we appreciate so much more when we are older.
I was really thinking about the same thing ☺"
Great minds think alike! I was younger when i read it so I don't think fully appreciated it"
Definitely a book we appreciate so much more when we are older.
Sharon wrote: "went to Anne Franks house in feb of this year,so had to read it again. If you think the book is moving, go visit the house"
True! I went years ago and still remember the experience. It was powerful and important.
True! I went years ago and still remember the experience. It was powerful and important.
Faithc wrote: "Ashli wrote: "Yeah, it's really nice to get lost in a an untrue world sometimes. Even if its not real, sometimes its better than reality."But sometimes I wonder if drifting from reality and drown..."
Trust me its good. Its that feeling u get when the worst,or best thing happens in the book that u wish that it was a real life story.
She was truly wise beyond her years. Amazing human being! These 9 quotes are just a glimpse into all the wisdom spread throughout the diary. And I feel that one of the most powerful things about it is that I can't make myself think of it as a sad book. Anne and her beautiful mind, heart and soul don't allow that, despite all their horrible ordeal, despite knowing what happens in the end and dreading it, despite crying over it. Whenever I think of her and her diary, I smile and feel amazed, and remember the life lessons she taught us. And just like many mentioned here, I also feel it's time to read it again!
wow i am reading it and may i say it is about a heartbroken girl at the end but she stays strong at heart wow i wish i could be her and live in her secret annexe
this makes me want to take keeping my diary more seriously...i look forward to reading it before the end of the year though
I started this book on a visit to Amsterdam a couple of years ago. When I went to the Anne Frank's museum and saw the actual place where her and her family stayed for those two years, I couldn't hold back the tears.
