I wonder if anyone can ever succeed in making their children content.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.

I want something from Daddy that he is not able to give me. ... It is only that I long for Daddy's real love: not only as his child, but for me - Anne, myself.

You must work and should not be lazy if you want to be happy.

Paper is more patient than man.

What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.

They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.