You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good row with them. Quote 4: 'Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. Quote 3: 'a rather soft, shy, gawky youth can't expect much from his company.' Friday, 14 August, 1942, pg. But I'm not sorry, memories mean more to me than dresses.' Wednesday, 8 July 1942, pg. Quote 2: 'The first thing I put in was this diary, then hair curlers, handkerchiefs, schoolbooks, a comb, old letters I put in the craziest things with the idea that we were going into hiding. Quote 1: 'Still,' she writes, 'what does that matter? I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.' Saturday, 20 June, 1942, pg.