After the first glass of vodkayou can accept just about anythingof life even your own mysteriousnessyou think it is nice that a boxof matches is purple and brown and is called La Petite and comes from Swedenfor they are words that you know and that is all you know words not their feelings or what they mean and you write because you know them not because you understand them because you don't you are stupid and lazy and will never be great but you do what you know because what else is there? .Frank OHara
About This Quote
Anne Frank was an exceptional young woman who did extraordinary things during the Holocaust. She was a highly intelligent and successful young woman and yet, she struggled to find meaning and stability in her life because of her experiences during World War II. During her time in hiding, she wrote the book Diary of a Young Girl to record her thoughts, feelings and frustrations during the war years. During this time, she wrote down what words meant for her.
That is the basic idea behind this quote. Although Anne Frank was an exceptionally bright young woman, words are not necessarily very meaningful or even based on meaning. The same is true with the words of this quote.
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