Anne Frank // "As I’ve told you many times, I’m split in two. One side contains my exuberant cheerfulness, my flippancy, my joy in life and, above all, my ability to appreciate the lighter side of things... This side of me is usually lying in wait to ambush the other one, which is much purer, deeper and finer. No one knows Anne’s better side... My lighter, more superficial side will...always win. You can’t imagine how often I’ve tried to push away this Anne...to beat her down, hide her. But it doesn’t work, and I know why. I’m afraid that people who know me as I usually am will...mock me, think I’m ridiculous and sentimental and not take me seriously. I’m used to not being taken seriously, but only the "lighthearted" Anne is used to it and can put up with it; the "deeper" Anne is too weak... I know exactly how I’d like to be, how I am…on the inside. But unfortunately I’m only like that with myself... I’m guided by the pure Anne within, but on the outside I’m nothing but a frolicsome little goat tugging at its tether... I’m trying very hard to change myself, but...I’m always up against a more powerful enemy... if I’m quiet and serious, everyone thinks I’m putting on a new act and I have to save myself with a joke, and then...I get cross, then sad, and finally end up turning my heart inside out, the bad part on the outside and the good part on the inside, 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."