Ordinary people don't know how much books can mean to someone who's cooped up.

Sympathy, Love, Fortune... We all have these qualities but still tend to not use them!

We're not the only people that have had to suffer, there have always been people that've had to.

I hid myself within myself ... and quietly wrote down all my joys, sorrows and contempt in my diary.

I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.

God has never deserted our people. Through the ages Jews have had to suffer, but through the ages they've gone on living, and the centuries of suffering have only made them stronger.

I'm currently in the middle of a depression. I couldn't really tell you what set it off, but I think it stems from my cowardice, which confronts me at every turn.