…да оставят инстинктите на кръвта от памтивека да се навилнеят. Може би тези тъмни сили имаха също свой дял в дивото опиянение, в което се смесваше всичко – радостта от саможертвата, шеметната забрава...
Никой от никого не се стесняваше; най-красивите момичета не се срамуваха да влязат под ръка със смолисточерен негър или тесноок китаец в най-близкия малък хотел – кой го беше грижа в Париж за тези едв...
İçinde hâlâ acıyan bir yer vardı, ama iyi şeyler vaat eden bir acıydı bu, tamamen kapanmadan önce kabuk tutarken yanan yaralar gibi sıcak, ama yumuşak bir acı.
İnsanların arasında yalnız olmaktan daha korkunç bir şey yoktur.
The ruin insufficiently ruined,
With secret envy Christine thought: If only I could go back to taking pleasure in such little things, instead of yearning for the impossible.
We must conserve the freedom of our soul and not mortgage it, except on those rare occasions when we deem it the right path.
Una vez más se confirmó el dicho de Goethe de que el entusiasmo no se adapta a un almacenaje prolongado.
To free oneself from fear and hope, belief and superstition. To be free of convictions and parties.
She was at that crucial age when a women begins to regret having stayed faithful to a husband she never really loved, when the glowing sunset colors of her beauty offer her one last, urgent choice bet...
Shaken to the depths of your soul, you know that day and night someone is waiting for you, thinking of you, longing and sighing for you - a woman, a stranger. She wants, she demands, she desires you w...
No me reconociste, ni entonces ni en ningún otro momento, nunca me has reconocido. ¿Cómo te puedo describir, querido, la decepción de aquel instante? Por primera vez fui consciente de estar predestina...
Mr. Zweig always encouraged his friends to set down their reminiscences, not necessarily for publication but for the pleasure and benefit of their children, their families. In his opinion every life i...
Lorsque j'ouvrais les yeux dans l'obscurité et que je te sentais contre mon flanc, je m'étonnais qu'il n'y eût pas d'étoiles au-dessus de moi, tant le ciel semblait présent.
Je sentis inconsciemment que tu mènes une double vie, une vie dont une face claire est franchement tournée vers le monde, tandis que l'autre, plongée dans l'ombre, n'est connue que de toi seul. Cette...
It’s not your fault. But whose fault is it? Why are we always the ones who suffer? We didn’t do anything, we didn’t do anything to anyone, but every step we take is a trap.
In der Französischen Revolution – wie in jeder – zeichnen sich deutlich zwei Typen von Revolutionären ab: die Revolutionäre aus Idealität und die aus Ressentiment; die einen, die es besser hatten als...
For I have indeed been torn from all my roots, even from the earth that nourished them, more entirely than most in our times. I was born in 1881 in the great and mighty empire of the Habsburg Monarchy...
Er trat ruhig und gelassen auf den Tisch zu. Ohne sich vorzustellen - >Ihr wißt, wer ich bin, und wer ihr seid, interessiert mich nicht<, schien diese Unhöflichkeit zu besagen -, begann er mit fachmän...
Elizabeth set an example to the monarchs of her day and of subsequent epochs, in that she never arrogated to herself the position of ruler of England, but assumed the more modest role of administrator...