Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice.
Anne FrankAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: June 12, 1929
- Died: March 31, 1945
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