How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #1
All enmities are forgotten in the exhilaration of the wonderful news. (2.3)
The residents may fight over things like stolen potatoes, but once the crisis is averted, they go back to their normal characters. Hearing that the allied invasion has begun sets everyone back on track.
Quote #2
ANNE: When I think of all that's out there… the trees and flowers and seagulls… when I think of the dearness of you Peter… and the goodness of the people we know… Mr. Kraler, Miep, Dirk, the vegetable man, all risking their lives for us every day… When I think of these things I'm not afraid any more. (2.4)
Anne's source of positive energy comes from thinking about just how much more good there is than bad. The helpers for the Annex residents triumph over the evils taking place in their world.
Quote #3
ANNE: I think the world may be going through a phase, the way I was with Mother. (2.4)
Anne sets the whole WWII thing in the terms of a teenager. The world is having a tantrum. It's awful, but it'll pass.
Quote #4
ANNE: I still believe in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart. (2.4)
And that, Shmoopers, is the golden rule. Despite the persecution and threats to her life, Anne is able to see that good will win over evil.
Quote #5
ANNE: I don't care about the food. They can have mine! I don't want it! (2.3)
When the arguments about stolen food come to a head, Anne doesn't want to see anyone get thrown out on the streets. She volunteers her own food rations.
Quote #6
ANNE: I have a nicer side, Father… But I'm scared to show it. I'm afraid that people are going to laugh at me… So the mean Anne comes to the outside and the good Anne stays on the inside and I keep trying to switch them around and have the good Anne on the outside and the bad Anne on the inside and be what I'd like to be. (1.4)
Anne's struggle with coming into adulthood shows when she confesses it to her father. She wants to grow up and do the responsible, more mature thing, but she's afraid.