I lead a double life. I'm John Wayne Gacy. I present myself in potentially awkward social situations as a laughing, colorful clown to gain your regard. If you ask my friends and neighbors, they will tell you I'm "normal" and that I "keep to myself." Meanwhile, there's a crawlspace in the basement where I've buried my secrets. It's starting to get pretty crowded down there, but they are mine. And there they'll stay.
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ANNE PERRY The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridicu... ANNE SULLIVAN As for me, I am a watercolor. I wash off. ANNE SEXTON I wish to go on living even after my death. ANNE FRANK You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody's one and ... ANNE FRANK I think a lot, but I don't say much. ANNE FRANK Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again. ANNE FRANK Whoever is happy will make others happy. ANNE FRANK People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion. ANNE FRANK Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no ... ANNE HERBERT Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change. ANNE RICE I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out. 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