Quoting Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl, Penguin Books (2008), p. 235, 1947

Have my parents forgotten that they were young once? Apparently they have. At any rate, they laugh at us when we’re serious, and they’re serious when we’re joking.
— Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl, Penguin Books (2008), p. 235, 1947

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