But it's the same with all my friends, just fun and joking, nothing more. I can never bring myself to talk of anything outside the common round. - Anne Frank

Looking back, I realize that this period of my life has irrevocably come to a close; my happy-go-lucky, carefree schooldays are gone forever. I don't even miss them. I've outgrown them. I can no longer just kid around, since my serious side is always there.

I had an occasional flash of understanding, but then got selfishly wrapped up again in my own problems and pleasures.

We have many reasons to hope for great happiness, but … we have to earn it. And that’s something you can’t achieve by taking the easy way out. Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.