“ The strikingly broad, almost athletically powerful shoulders unfortunately reflected the character of his playing too, for this Mr. McConnor was one of those self-obsessed big wheels who feel personal… Stefan Zweig
“ The natural elements of sunlight, water and air were not permitted to touch a woman’s bare skin. At the seaside, women made their laborious way through the water in heavy bathing costumes, covered fro… Stefan Zweig
“ The more one limits oneself, the closer one is to the infinite; these people, as unworldly as they seem, burrow like termites into their own particular material to construct, in miniature, a strange a… Stefan Zweig
“ She tries to think, but the monotonous stuttering of the wheels breaks the flow of her thoughts, and the narcotic cowl of sleep tightens over her throbbing forehead—that muffled and yet overpowering r… Stefan Zweig
“ Publicity in itself, of whatever nature, connotes a disturbance of the natural equilibrium of a man. Under normal circumstances, the name a human being bears is no more than the band is to a cigar: a… Stefan Zweig
“ Our decisions are to a much greater extent dependent on our desire to conform to the standards of our class and environment than we are inclined to admit. A considerable proportion of our reasoning is… Stefan Zweig
“ O an içimdeki bu donuklaşma sürecinin ne kadar ilerlemiş olduğunu birden görüverdim - Hiçbir yere tutunmadan, hiçbir yerde köklenmeden, akan suyun üzerinde kayar gibi yaşıyordum ve bu soğuklukta ölü,… Stefan Zweig
“ Not one of the European rulers would put himself about in the attempt to save Marie Antoinette, so that Mercy scornfully declared: They would not have tried to save her even if they had with their own… Stefan Zweig
“ No hay nada en el mundo que sea equiparable al secreto amor de una niña que permanece en la penumbra y tiene pocas esperanzas. Stefan Zweig
“ No basta que el artista esté inspirado para que produzca. Debe, además, trabajar y trabajar para llevar esa inspiración a la forma perfecta. La fórmula verdadera de la creación artística no es, pues,… Stefan Zweig
“ Mais maintenant, brutalement sortie de ce tumulte, je voulais encore une fois revivre, pour en jouir rétrospectivement, bribe par bribe, ces émotions fugitives, grâce à cette façon magique de se tromp… Stefan Zweig
“ Mais l'amour ne devient vraiment réel qu'à partir du moment où il cesse de planer, douloureux et sombre, à l'état embryonnaire, au plus profond des entrailles, où il ose se nommer, s'avouer par le sou… Stefan Zweig
“ Maar zelfs tussen betrouwbare mensen verveelde ik me steeds meer bij de onvruchtbaarheid van de eeuwige discussies en de zelfverkozen verzuiling in radicale, liberale, anarchistische, bolsjewistische… Stefan Zweig
“ L’amour coûte cher aux vieillards—I think that was the title of one of Balzac’s most moving stories, and many could be written on the subject. But the old people who know most about it are happy Stefan Zweig
“ Lo mismo que ella en él, en la más extrema soledad, también él piensa en ella en el mismo momento. Apartada por leguas y muros, invisibles e inalcanzables una para otra, respiran sus dos almas con idé… Stefan Zweig
“ It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one’s own existence. Stefan Zweig
“ I will tell you the whole story of my life, and it is a life that truly began only on the day I met you. Before that, there was nothing but murky confusion into which my memory never dipped again, som… Stefan Zweig