“Chins up, stick it out, better times will come.”

“At any rate, Daddy usually comes to my defence. Without him I wouldn't be able to stick out here.”

“No one can keep out of conflict, the entire world is at war, and even though the allies are doing better, the end is nowhere in sight.”

“I had to hold my head up high and put a bold face on things, but the thoughts keep coming anyways.”

“I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness. I hear the ever-approaching thunder, which will destroy us too. I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right.”

“One gets on better in life if one is not over modest.”

“I get cross, then sad, and finally end up turning my heart inside out, and keep trying to find a way to become what I'd like to be and what I could be if....if only there were no other people in the world.”