Anne’s point is that people can sometimes be impatient with her, but she can write whatever she wants in her diary and complain all she wants to, making her diary seem understanding and compassionate. Anne describes a saying that “paper has more patience” when she considers that she has never written in a diary, but that writing in a diary allows her to write her innermost thoughts.
Yes, paper does have more patience, and since...
Anne’s point is that people can sometimes be impatient with her, but she can write whatever she wants in her diary and complain all she wants to, making her diary seem understanding and compassionate. Anne describes a saying that “paper has more patience” when she considers that she has never written in a diary, but that writing in a diary allows her to write her innermost thoughts.
Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a "diary," unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won't make a bit of difference. (Saturday, June 20, 1942)
Since Anne and her family are in hiding from the Nazis, there is often a lot of conflict. Too many people are in close quarters there. Even before hiding, Anne and her mother often did not see eye to eye. Anne felt that her mother was too critical, and her mother felt that Anne was immature or rude.
The diary was an outlet for Anne. She could write in it when something upset her, and write about her hopes and dreams. That is why she named it Kitty, and said it was her only true friend.
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