Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who …

Anne Frank
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Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite indepedent of anyone. ✨ Anne Frank (1954). The Diary of Anne Frank, Pan
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