Each year, the world commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this day marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, one of countless concentration camps where Nazis imprisoned and killed millions of Jewish people and others between 1933 and 1945. Through her book, The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank became one of the most well-known figures associated with the Holocaust. As the world prepares to remember all the victims of this dark historical period, Parade is honoring the work of the teenage girl who dreamed of becoming a writer by sharing 35 of the best Anne Frank quotes.Frank's book was first published in 1947, two years after her death in 1945. It features diary excerpts spanning the two years Frank and her family spent hiding in a "secret annex" of her father, Otto Frank's, place of business, per Britannica. The family was eventually discovered, along with the four other Jewish people who occupied the same hiding place, and sent to concentration camps. Otto Frank was the only member of his immediate family to survive.Although Anne Frank didn't live to see her book published, she would be proud to know that her memory still lives on through her words. Below, we've rounded up some of the standout quotes from the bestseller.Related: 16 Powerful Holocaust Movies and TV Shows for Holocaust Remembrance Day
35 Anne Frank Quotes
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1. “We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.” 2. “I've found that there is always some beauty left — in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”3. "It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.”4. “What's the point of the war? Why, oh why can't people live together peacefully? Why all this destruction?”5. “Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.”6. "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.”7. “Why do we trust one another so little? I know there must be a reason, but still I sometimes think it's horrible that you find you can never really confide in people, even in those who are nearest to you.”Related: 125 Quotes That Hit Hard When Life’s Got You Down
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8. “A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery!”9. “If young people wished, they have it in their hands to make a bigger, more beautiful and better world, but that they occupy themselves with superficial things, without giving a thought to real beauty.”10. “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.”11. “I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it.”12. “Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice.”13. “Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.”14. “I need to have something besides a husband and children to devote myself to! I don’t want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death!”
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15. “I don't have much in the way of money or worldly possessions, I'm not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I'm happy, and I intend to stay that way! I was born happy, I love people, I have a trusting nature, and I'd like everyone else to be happy too.”16. “Unless you write yourself, you can’t know how wonderful it is; I always used to bemoan the fact that I couldn’t draw, but now I’m overjoyed that at least I can write. And if I don’t have the talent to write books or newspaper articles, I can always write for myself. But I want to achieve more than that.”17. “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.”18. “I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. But, and that is the greatest question, will I ever be able to write anything great, will I ever become a journalist or a writer? I hope so, oh, I hope so very much, for I can recapture everything when I write, my thoughts, my ideas and my fantasies.”19. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”20. "In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”21. “What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.”22. “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. 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."23. “Why are millions spent on the war each day, while not a penny is available for medical science, artists or the poor? Why do people have to starve when mountains of food are rotting away in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy?”24. “You only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true characters!”Related: 205 Best Short Quotes to Quickly Inspire You
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25. “Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.”26. “You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody's one and only.”27. “Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!”28. "I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again.”29. “Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?"30. “You must work and do good, not be lazy and gamble, if you wish to earn happiness. Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.”31. “Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year old schoolgirl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.”? SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox ?
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