DROPS OF AMORTENTIA

Celebrating Anne Frank 12/12

‘I don’t want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to most people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death!’ – Anne Frank, Wednesday, April 5, 1944

Celebrating Anne Frank 11/12

‘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.’ – Anne Frank, Saturday, July 15, 1944

Celebrating Anne Frank 10/12

‘And (I) finally end up turning my heart inside out, the bad part on the outside and the good part on the inside, and keep trying to find a way to become what I’d like to be and what I could be if … if only there were no other people in the world. ’ – Anne Frank, August 1, 1944

Celebrating Anne Frank 9/12

‘I must hold on to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I’ll be able to realize them!’ – Anne Frank, July 15, 1944

Celebrating Anne Frank 8/12

‘Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again. ’ – Anne Frank, June 6, 1944

Celebrating Anne Frank 7/12

‘Riches, prestige and everything can be lost. But the happiness in your own heart can only be dimmed; it will always be there, as long as you live, to make you happy again.’ – Anne Frank, Wednesday, February 23, 1944

Celebrating Anne Frank 6/12

‘They are so sentimental together, but I’d rather be sentimental on my own.’ – Anne Frank, Sunday, July 12, 1942

Celebrating Anne Frank 5/12

‘Beauty remains even in misfortune. If you just look for it, you discover more and more happiness and regain your balance. A person who’s happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery’ – Anne Frank, Tuesday, March 7, 1944

Celebrating Anne Frank 4/12

‘An empty day though clear and bright;
Is just as dark as any night.’
 - Anne Frank, Saturday, March 25, 1944

Celebrating Anne Frank 3/12

‘I wander from room to room, climb up and down the stairs and feel like a songbird whose wings have been ripped off and who keeps hurling itself against the bars of its dark cage’ – Anne Frank, October 28, 1943

Celebrating Anne Frank 2/12

‘Preoccupied by the thought of going into hiding, I struck the craziest things in my bag, but I’m not sorry. Memories mean more to me than dresses’ – Anne Frank, Wednesday, July 8, 1942

Celebrating Anne Frank 1/12

‘As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you’ll know that you are pure within and will find happiness once more.’  – Anne Frank, Wednesday, February 23, 1944