Augustus Waters," I said, looking up at him, thinking that you cannot kiss anyone in the Anne Frank House, and then thinking that Anne Frank, after all, kissed someone in the Anne Frank House, and that she would probably like nothing more than for her home to have become a place where the young and irreparably broken sink into love.
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Related the conversion of Anne Frank into usable goods. ANNE FRANK Anne Frank -- A History for Today ANNE FRANK Who owns Anne Frank? CYNTHIA OZICK It's like turning Anne Frank over to the Nazis. REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK It become totally untenable to me that after acting for 25 years - I've played Juliet, Cleopatra... SUSAN STRASBERG Ajungi să cunoști bine oamenii abia după ce te-ai certat cu ei o dată. Abia atunci poți să le ... ANNE FRANK Često me svladaju živci, osobito nedjeljom, osjećam se užasno jadno. Atmosfera u kući je tada p... ANNE FRANK She was my enemy but her words would break your heart. She is a Vietnamese Anne Frank. I know this d... FRED WHITEHURST I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES The events of the Holocaust viewed through the eyes of Anne Frank are a unique and damming testament... CHARLES KENNEDY The Anne Frank Story,?a new exhibit at Carnegie Visual Arts Center in Decatur, ?gives you a lot of b... KATHY SILVESTRI Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. ANNE FRANK The question is very understandable, but no one has found a satisfactory answer to it so far. Yes, w... ANNE FRANK The human race survived the Inquisition. We can survive. It's like the Anne Frank quote: 'In... STEVE EARLE The events of the Holocaust viewed through the eyes of Anne Frank are a unique and damming testament... CHARLES KENNEDY I would go to bed every night and have dreams about having a time machine and somehow I'd have t... JEFF MANGUM Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, o... JOHN B. SHEERIN But I think what made me go into theater was seeing my mother onstage. The first thing she did was M... TONY KUSHNER The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under! ANNE FRANK A voice within me is sobbing, "You see that's what's become of you. You're surrounded by negative op... ANNE FRANK It wasn't until I was an adult reader that I began to fathom the influence of fairy tales on wri... KATE BERNHEIMER The caricature [on Anne Frank] convinced me to expand my April PACE report because, unfortunately, m... MIKHAIL MARGELOV I was obsessed with the Canadian novel 'Anne of Green Gables'. I decided I was Anne of Green... CHRISTINA HENDRICKS Frank, for his part, believed the boys tormented him because they, like their parents and grandparen... J.K. ROWLING When I first read Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl,' I saw for the first time that a ... KATE BERNHEIMER Snow in April is abominable," said Anne. "Like a slap in the face when you expected a kiss. L.M. MONTGOMERY The Georges were fair; they left all to the Government; but Anne was very bad and a tyrant. She tyra... LADY GREGORY Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cun... ANNE FRANK The book was turned to the page with Anne Frank's name, but what got me about it was the fact that r... JOHN GREEN We had seen the house on tours by the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation, and we fell in ... ED BAEHREND We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth ha... L.M. MONTGOMERY Or maybe…” Frank hesitated. “What?” Percy asked. “Probably nothing,” Frank said. “Roma... RICK RIORDAN But I'd rather look like you than be pretty," she told Anne sincerely. Anne laughed, sipp... L.M. MONTGOMERY Greg can be a very patient man, much more diplomatic than either his father or his elder brother. Ho... IAN CHAPPELL Anne Shirley, how often have I told you never to let one of those Italians in the house! I don't bel... L.M. MONTGOMERY Uncle Joe used to spend a fair amount of time in the loony bin. My family wasn't bothered by his reg... MARYA HORNBACHER I met Anne in the autumn... Autumn, that wild season when rural men rack orchard trees with sticks a... ROMAN PAYNE Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh... ALEXANDRA FULLER If a kiss could be seen I think it would look like a violet,' said Priscilla. Anne glowed. L.M. MONTGOMERY Paper is more patient than man, but it is still nothing compared to a good friend. SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER I'd been going up for things, but I hadn't got anything, and then 'Anne Frank' came ... ELLIE KENDRICK Next was Alice. I gave her a book by Anne Rice because she is always talking about her. And she look... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I'm gonna be percy Jackson when I grow up," she told Hazel solemnly. Hazel Smiled and ruffled h... RICK RIORDAN You could see the high-water mark on the side of the house. Anne Marie went to look at it and came b... ELLEN FROHNMAYER Captain Harvile: Poor Phoebe, she would not have forgotten him so soon. It was not in her nature. JANE AUSTEN I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he could be wicked and w... L.M. MONTGOMERY If you would have fought like a man you wouldn't have to die like a dog." (Anne Bonny to John "... ANNE BONNY My father and Frank Sinatra respected each other's abilities enormously. My father always said Frank... CHRISTOPHER RIDDLE Observation: It would be awesome to fly in a superfast airplane that could chase the sunrise around ... JOHN GREEN This is it. I can't even not smoke anymore JOHN GREEN —¿Qué más? Ella es tan hermosa. No te cansas de verla. Nunca te preocupas si es más inteligent... JOHN GREEN Well, I don't want to be anyone but myself, even if I go uncomforted by diamonds all my life,' decla... L.M. MONTGOMERY Well, I met Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan in the space of 15 minutes. Frank Sinatra kissed me on the l... KATE MOSS Her arms reached up to wrap around his neck, holding on as if she would never let go. She kissed him... DEBORAH BLAKE I started keeping a diary in third grade and, in solidarity with Anne Frank, gave it a name and made... ARIEL LEVY Make them do as you want them to," she said. "I can’t," mourned Anne. "Averil is such an unma... L.M. MONTGOMERY Anne had no sooner uttered the phrase, "home o'dreams," than it captivated her fancy and she immedia... L.M. MONTGOMERY We're going' Anne said firmly. So soon?' Percy pleaded. 'But stars come out at night.' Th... PHILIPPA GREGORY I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade sch... JACK RAMSAY I love 'Anne of Green Gables.' I have for years. That's one of my favourite things. She&... ARETHA FRANKLIN Frank sought me out (Wednesday) and said he felt great. When Frank says he feels great, he plays. I ... KEN MACHA I know you have it in you, Guy," Anne said suddenly at the end of a silence, "the capacity to be ter... PATRICIA HIGHSMITH Hoping they'd been inspired by the examples of Anne Frank and other teens who had turned negativ... ERIN GRUWELL Save yourselves!” Percy warned. “It is too late for us!” Then he gasped and pointed to th... RICK RIORDAN And as she looked at the pool she saw the waters gather up into a column, rushing up foaming and sta... ELLIOT MABEUSE But she still had a soft spot for ?The Miracle Worker. She said she and Anne Bancroft ?created an ev... PATTY DUKE It was November--the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate... L.M. MONTGOMERY I don’t want sunbursts and marble halls. I just want you... We’ll just be happy, waiting and wor... L.M. MONTGOMERY When I told Anne that I just hate it that I can't help her, especially since I keep asking her to do... WIL WHEATON I was born to be your rival,' she [Anne] said simply. 'And you mine. We're sisters, aren't we? PHILIPPA GREGORY A thinking mind is not swallowed up by what it comes to know. It reaches out to grasp something rela... ANNE CARSON Welcome, praetor!” he said. “You need any giants’ faces smashed while you’re in town, just l... RICK RIORDAN When I don't like the name of a place or a person I always imagine a new one and always think of the... L.M. MONTGOMERY Frank was her one true love, she told me. ARLENE DAHL This is a women's league. It's important to have coaches like Anne trailblazing away. ... Women are ... SUE BIRD I started getting Mal's texts just before lunch. Mal: Awake Anne: Morning Mal: Going ... KYLIE SCOTT Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hu... RICK RIORDAN When the evening was over, Anne could not but be amused at the idea of her coming to Lyme, to preach... JANE AUSTEN Anne is always a person who leads by example in training and I think now she has results in her race... DAVID MARSH Anne laughed and sighed. She felt very old and mature and wise — which showed how young she was. L.M. MONTGOMERY Have I gone mad like Anne and no one has the heart to tell me? I wish someone would tell me, I feel ... SUZANNE COLLINS Hazel squinted. “How far?” “Just over the river and through the woods.” Percy raised an eyeb... RICK RIORDAN Have you seen Frances?” He tilted his head to the right. “I believe she’s off rooti... JULIA QUINN Oh, by the way…” Jason glanced at Percy. “I resigned my office, gave Frank a field promotion t... RICK RIORDAN With puppets, you follow the head and the arms will follow, but Frank didn't really do that with the... BRIAN HENSON Anne, look here. Can’t we be good friends?” For a moment Anne hesitated. She had an odd, ne... L.M. MONTGOMERY ...And every day in heaven will be more beautiful than the one before it Davy," assured Anne. L.M. MONTGOMERY On sentry duty with Hazel, he would try to take his mind off it. He loved spending time with her. He... RICK RIORDAN It was almost like you were in the room with Anne. KATI WILKOWSKI Anne had a great start in the 500 free and she swam hard throughout the race. BARBARA HAWKINS When she was running for election in 2006, I went to Missouri to campaign for Senator Claire McCaski... DAVID MIXNER Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have ... JONI MITCHELL Frank tugged again with no luck. Even Hazel was trying not to laugh. Frank grimaced with concen... RICK RIORDAN Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne. L.M. MONTGOMERY You’re here!” She repeated, wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around his hips.... AMY LANE If you bring in a lefty to face Eric (a left-handed hitter), and then he has to face Frank Thomas ri... BILLY BEANE Anne came dancing home in the purple winter twilight across the snowy places. L.M. MONTGOMERY In the early work of Frank Lloyd Wright - and you can also see it with Mies - they make new ground b... BEN VAN BERKEL Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... DEYTH BANGER
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