"As I've told you many times, I'm a bundle of contradictions."

"It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality."

"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."

"I'm afraid that people who know me as I usually am will discover I have another side, a better and finer side."

"I don't want to be like my mother, or like Mrs. van Daan—I want to be something entirely different."