After that I was free to enjoy the rest of my unforgettable vacation, and now that I had seen the life of the stars up close, I was cured once and for all of my delusions of fame.
They were pale, and didn’t say a word when Cady entered the room. Had they been sitting like this every night for months? Seeing all those pale and frightened faces was awful. With each bang of an outside door, a shock went through everyone in the room, as if the door to life itself were symbolically being slammed shut.
Do any of those people in their warm and cozy living rooms have any idea what kind of life a beggar leads? Do any of those “good” and “kind” people ever wonder about the lives of so many of the children and adults around them? Granted, everyone has given a coin to a beggar at some time or another, though they usually just shove it into his hand and slam the door.
Believe me, if you’ve been shut up for a year and a half, it can get to be too much for you sometimes. But feelings can’t be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.
Of course, there are those who blow you kisses or try to take hold of your arm, but they’re definitely knocking on the wrong door.
It’s not the fault of the Dutch that we Jews are having such a bad time.
Sometimes old people have really old-fashioned ideas, but that doesn’t mean I have to go along with them.
It’s all right for me to have boys as friends.
I’ll show them that Anne Frank wasn’t born yesterday. They’ll sit up and take notice and keep their big mouths shut when I make them see they ought to attend to their own manners instead of mine.
Don’t condemn me, but think of me as a person who sometimes reaches the bursting point!
Stupid people usually can’t bear it when others do something better than they do;.
I shall not remain insignificant, I shall work in the world for all mankind!
Better a day too early than a day too late.
I believe that it’s spring within me, I feel that spring is awakening, I feel it in my whole body and soul.
Peter added, “The Jews have been and always will be the chosen people!” I answered, “Just this once, I hope they’ll be chosen for something good!
How noble and good everyone could be if, at the end of each day, they were to review their own behavior and weigh up the rights and wrongs. They would automatically try to do better at the start of each new day and, after a while, would certainly accomplish a great deal.
Ik voel als ik eraan denk, vandaag nog zijn wang tegen de mijne met dat heerlijke gevoel dat alles goed maakt.
I’m my best and harshest critic.
God has not forsaken me, and He never will.
Sometimes old people have really old-fashioned ideas, but that doesn’t mean I have to go along with them. I need my grandparents, but in a certain sense they need me too.