Anna Freud

We live trapped, between the churned-up and examined past and a future that waits for our work. ”

We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was filled with trees. ”

How one can live without being able to judge oneself, criticize what one has accomplished, and still enjoy what one does, is unimaginable to me. ”

Sometimes the most beautiful thing is precisely the one that comes unexpectedly and unearned, hence something given truly as a present. ”

What I have always wanted for myself is much more primitive. It is probably nothing more than the affection of the people with whom I am in contact, and their good opinion of me. ”

If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life. ”

We are imprisoned in the realm of life, like a sailor on his tiny boat, on an infinite ocean. ”

My different personalities leave me in peace now. ”

Who promised you that only for joy were you brought to this earth? ”

Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically everything everywhere is full of sudden hate and ugliness? ”