But feelings can’t be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
If God lets me live, I shall attain more than Mummy ever has done, I shall not remain insignificant, I shall work in the world and for mankind!
I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that every-thing will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.
The young are not afraid of telling the truth.
There’s only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it’s actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.
Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.
Everyone thinks I’m showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I’m silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I’m tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should.
What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.
If I’m engrossed in a book, I have to rearrange my thoughts before I can mingle with other people, because otherwise they might think I was strange.
There’s one golden rule to keep before you: laugh about everything and don’t bother yourself about the others!
You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody’s one and only.
I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.
I wish to go on living even after my death.
How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world!
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.
We 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.
Ordinary people simply don’t know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.
Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.
As long as you’re in the food business, why not make sweets?