Growing Up by Anne Frank (The Dairy of a young girl)

Growing Up

 

They mustn't know my despair. I can't let them see the wounds, which they have caused. I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kindhearted jokes. It would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent, they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.

 

—Anne Frank: The Dairy of a Young Girl

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This one is good since it is bold and truthful. Most people forgot about this terrible period in their earlier lives which are largely responsible for the miseries in the adult world. Civilization is by and large a failure. Most if not all things written by adults, and especially famous adults are either waste or poison. Their writings are full of false wisdoms out of the insecurities of typical adults.