不要再比慘了，快樂的人使人快樂！
最大的願望：世界和平
There is nothing we can do but wait as calmly as we can till the misery comes to an end. Jews and Christians wait, the whole earth waits; and there are many who wait for death. (P64)
這句話在第64頁，第一處震撼我的地方，一方面訝異於這是出自一位13歲小女孩兒的筆下，另一方面告訴自己，這是合理的，這正是當時的世界告訴她的。在戰爭中，所有人都是受害者，沒有人可以全身而退。猶太人被驅逐、迫害，其他人一樣遭受戰爭的痛苦，物價飛漲，盜竊時有發生，母親送兒上戰場……戰爭結束，即使是戰勝一方，也會面臨狼藉一片。「世界和平」不是一個口號而已，這確實是每個人最大的願望。
記得多年前，看季羨林先生的《牛棚雜憶》，裡面講到，「今天的青年人情況可能不同。他們對『文革』不了解，聽講『文革』，如聽海外奇談。我覺得值得憂慮的正是這一點。他們昧於前車之鑒，誰能保證，他們將來不會幹出類似的事情來呢？」如是，這些歷史上的悲傷往事應該被記住，前車之鑒，不可覆轍。
最好的娛樂：讀書與學習
We always long for Saturdays when our books come. Just like little children receiving a present. ……Ordinary people just don』t know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning and the radio are our amusements. (P85)
Hobbies: writing, family trees, history, Greek and Roman Mythology, film stars and film photos. 「Have a great liking for history of art, poets and painters. I may go for music later on. I have a great loathing for algebra, geometry, and figures.」 (P198)
隱藏在密室的兩年時間，Anne一直沒有停止學習、讀書。她在一篇日記中寫到自己的愛好：寫作，家譜，希臘與羅馬神話，電影明星與照片，藝術史，詩歌與繪畫。這些與戰爭中隱藏在密室中的生活彷彿相距甚遠，那裡充滿著對戰爭的恐懼，食物和日常用品異常短缺，日常的洗漱作息都是以我們無法想像的方式進行的。
我們常說「倉廩實而知禮節，衣食足而知榮辱」，Anne向我們展示了另一種可能，在倉廩不實、衣食不足的情況下，讀書和學習既可以彌補這些缺漏，還能幫助我們在內心開闢一方桃源，獲得inner peace。
我也十分佩服Anne的父親，在任何情況下都沒有放棄對孩子的教育。在密室的時期，自己和其他大人教授孩子學習語言及各種知識，同時還想盡辦法通過各種渠道獲取課程資料。Anne常說，他父親一直放不下Dickens，言傳身教，不過如此。
最奢侈的事：自由的呼吸
Especially at this time of the year with all the holidays for Christmas and the New Year, and we are stuck here like outcasts. Still, I really ought not to write this , because it seems ungrateful and I am certainly exaggerating. ……「When will we be granted the privilege of smelling fresh air ?」 (P123)
It』s not imagination on my part when I say that to look up at the sky, the clouds, the moon, and the stars make me calm and patient. It』s a better medicine than either valerian or bromine; Mother Nature makes me humble and prepared to face every blow courageously. (P251)
密室的日子，處處都要小心翼翼，大部分時間都不能發出聲響，更不要說呼吸一口新鮮空氣了。Anne無數次表達了想要呼吸新鮮空氣、擁抱大自然的願望，當然，這是對自由的嚮往。懷揣著無數的恐懼、煩躁，每當抬頭看到天空，雲彩，月亮，星星，哪怕是在黑夜，都讓她平靜下來。這就是大自然的力量。
如同自己，每天上班的早晨，走進校門，都會習慣性的扭頭看看旁邊的小路、兩旁的樹木和頭頂的天空，不管是盛夏的枝繁葉茂還是嚴冬光禿禿毛茸茸的樹枝，不管晴天陰天還是帶些霧霾，那一刻，彷彿自己加了把勁兒，淡定了一下，開始一天的工作。又如這樣的冬夜，回到家，仰望星空，與獵戶座相視而笑。
安妮的箴言：快樂的人使人快樂
Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will still bring you happiness again, as long as you live. As long as you can look fearlessly up into the heavens, as long as you know that you are pure within, and that you will still find happiness. (P159)
I don』t think then of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains. This is one of the things that Mummy and I are so different about. Her counsel when one feels melancholy is: 「Think of all the misery in the world and be thankful that you are not sharing in it!」 My advice is: 「Go outside, to the fields, enjoy the nature and the sunshine, go out and try to recapture happiness in yourself and in God. Think of all the beauty that』s still left in and around you and be happy!」
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And whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery! (P171)
我們也經常像Anne的媽媽一樣勸慰別人：想想比你更慘的人吧，就會覺得自己幸福多了！可是Anne不一樣，她說人不開心的時候應該去享受大自然、想些開心的事情，重新獲得內心的幸福感。快樂的人會使人快樂。多麼智慧的小女孩兒！
所謂「羨慕嫉妒恨」，似乎都是影響幸福感的小情緒，我們往往看到的都是別人的快樂，自己的不快樂。其實，不過是被內心的一些慾望遮蔽了原本的幸福。當你難過時，請記得，Anne說過的話。
最棒的生日禮物：父親的散文詩
最後，我想以Anne的父親1943年送給她的生日詩歌作為結尾，送給大家。有些歷史，雖千瘡百孔，卻不應被遺忘；有些人，雖身處苦難，卻心有燦爛千陽。
Though youngest here,
you are no longer small,
But life is very hard,since one and all
Aspire to be your teacher,thus and thus:
「We have experience,
take a tip from us.」
「We know because wedid it long ago.」
「Elders are always better,
you must know.」
At least that』s been the rule
since life began!
Our personal faults are much
too small to scan;
This makes it easier to criticize
The faults of others,
which seem double size.
Please bear with us,
your parents,for we try
To judge you fairly andwith sympathy.
Correction sometimes
take against your will,
Though it』s like swallowinga bitter pill,
Which must be done
if we』re to keep the peace,
While time goes by till
all this suffering cease.
You read and studynearly all the day,
who might have lived in
such a different way.
You are never bored and
bring us all fresh air.
You only moan is this:
「What can I wear?
I have no knickers,
all my clothes are small,
My vet might be a loincloth,that is all!
To put on shoes would mean to
cut off toes,
Oh dear, I』m worried so many woes!」
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《模仿遊戲》
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