Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank

List Price: $12.95
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0385480334
Publisher: Anchor

Wednesday, April 5, 1944

I finally realized that I must do my schoolwork to keep from being ignorant, to get on in life, to become a journalist, because that's what I want! I know I can write...it remains to be seen whether I really have talent...I need to have something besides a husband and children to devote myself to!... 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! And that's why I'm so grateful to God for having given me this gift, which I can use to develop myself and to express all that's inside me!

When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived! But, and that's a big question, will I ever be able to write something great, will I ever become a journalist or a writer?

Excerpted from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl © Copyright 1996 by Anne Frank. Reprinted with permission by Anchor. All rights reserved.

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