As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you'll know that your pure within and will find happiness once more.

The world has plenty of room, riches, money and beauty ... Let us begin by dividing it more fairly.

Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.

Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.

Looking back, I realize that this period of my life has irrevocably come to a close; my happy-go-lucky, carefree schooldays are gone forever. I don't even miss them. I've outgrown them. I can no longer just kid around, since my serious side is always there.

Even when I was older, I couldn't stop asking questions.

Bolkenstein, a Minister, was speaking on the Dutch programme from London, and he said that they ought to make a collection of diaries and letters after the war. Of course, they all made a rush at my diary immediately. Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were to publish a romance of the "Secret Annexe." The title alone would be enough to make people think it was a detective story.