Anne Frank Diary Quotes

“If only I can be myself, I'll be satisfied.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“No one understands me!" This phrase is part of me, and as unlikely as it may seem, there's a kernel of truth in it. Sometimes I'm so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again. If only I had someone who took my feelings seriously. Alas, I haven't' yet found that person, so the search must go on.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“Ein Mensch kann einsam sein, obwohl er von vielen geliebt wird, wenn er nicht für einen Menschen 'der Liebste' ist.”
― Anne Frank, Anne Frank Gesamtausgabe: Das Tagebuch | Die Kurzgeschichten

“It's good that somebody has finally cut me down to size, has broken my pride, because I've been far too smug.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“I don't want the person I confide in to be around me all the time. When will I untangle my jumbled thoughts? When will I find inner peace again?”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“The Netherlands in 1940 was like a petri dish in which one can examine how people brought up in freedom react to catastrophe when it is brought to their door: It is a questions still worth asking today.”
― Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

“[Young people] aren’t allowed to have any opinions. People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but it doesn’t stop you having your own opinion. Even if people are still very young, they shouldn’t be prevented from saying what they think.”
― Anne Frank

“Another survivor of Bergen-Belsen, a young girl who knew Anne, commented, "There it took superhuman effort to remain alive. Typhus and debilitation-well, yes. But I feel certain that Anne died of her sister's death. Dying is so frightfully easy for anyone left alone in a concentration camp.”
― Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

“When her friend Cor Suijk asked her directly if she knew the name of the betrayer, she asked, "Cor, can you keep a secret?" Very eagerly he answered, "Yes, Miep, I can!" And she smiled and said, "Me, too.”
― Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

“To those who encountered Otto at the time, he seems to be a man purged by fire, walking through Amsterdam as though in a strange dream, searching for news of his children. Finding out that he was his family's sole survivor must have sent him to a very dark place. Vince hypothesized that Otto's grief had eventually turned into a mission to find the people responsible for the Annex raid, although his motive was not vengeance; he was seeking accountability and justice.”
― Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

“While someone with the first person knowledge is still alive, while records are still available, while relatives of witnesses can come forward, the stories must be told.”
― Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation