“Life is emphatically disappointing to those who expect it to be otherwise.”
Source: A Question of Holmes
“If only I can be myself, I'll be satisfied.”
Source: 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.”
Source: 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.”
Source: 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.”
Source: 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?”
Source: 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.”
Source: 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.”
Source: 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.”
Source: 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.”