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There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.


Anne Swetchine

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let me be feverish and frowning.
ANNE SEXTON The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they c...
ANNE FRANK The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all thing...
ANNE SMEDLEY It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals because they seem so absurd and impossible...
ANNE FRANK I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at hear...
ANNE FRANK I see the eight of us with our 'Secret Annexe' as if we were a little piece of blue heaven, surround...
ANNE FRANK Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for...
ANNE BAXTER In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
ANNE BAXTER I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.
ANNE BAXTER It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from...
ANNE BAXTER And I knew my vision of the garden of savage beauty had been a true vision. There was meaning in the...
ANNE RICE Confusion is an often too subtle sign of paranoia.
ANNE AUSTIN