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Charlotte sighed inwardly. She knew her mother was serious when she started referring to shellfish. What did that mean, anyway? What's so great about the world being your oyster? Does that mean it's really hard to open, and when you do, you have something slimy and gross on the inside?


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ANNE FRANK All art requires courage.
ANNE TUCKER And then, the unspeakable purity and freshness of the air! There was just enough heat to enhance the...
ANNE BRONTE People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.
ANNE TYLER Sympathy, Love, Fortune... We all have these qualities but still tend to not use them!
ANNE FRANK Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my o...
ANNE FRANK I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning wit...
ANNE FRANK I love you, with a love so great that it simply couldn't keep growing inside my heart, but had to le...
ANNE FRANK Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.
ANNE FRANK The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!
ANNE FRANK Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cun...
ANNE FRANK I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then...
ANNE FRANK I have one outstanding trait in my character, which must strike anyone who knows me for any length o...
ANNE FRANK People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly th...
ANNE FRANK The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever
ANNE FRANK Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good ...
ANNE FRANK But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.
ANNE FRANK There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound e...
ANNE FRANK As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can...
ANNE FRANK In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build ...
ANNE FRANK Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I h...
ANNE FRANK Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of ...
ANNE FRANK The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they c...
ANNE FRANK I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these...
ANNE FRANK The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
ANNE FRANK Oh, darling, let your body in, let it tie you in, in comfort.
ANNE SEXTON There's something wrong in not appreciating one's own special abilities, my girl. Find your own limi...
ANNE MCCAFFREY