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Quotes from Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman — Stefan Zweig

1881–1942 Austria

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Whatever a woman's reason may say, her feelings tell her the truth.

Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (1927)

Life is futile unless it be directed towards a definite goal.

Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (1927)

To grow old means to be rid of anxieties about the past.

Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (1927)

Pain is a coward. He flees when faced by the irresistible power of the will-to-live, which is more strongly rooted in the flesh than the intensest passion is rooted in the spirit.

Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (1927)

Gratitude fills us with rejoicing, for it so rarely finds frank expression; delicacy of feeling warms our hearts.

Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (1927)

In times of exceptional stress, nature will often give people's behavior so tragical a complexion that neither a picture nor a verbal description is competent to represent its titanic energy.

Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (1927)

For one who is having no personal experience, the passionate disquiet of others is at any rate a titillation of the nerves, like seeing a play or listening to music.

Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (1927)

Gratitude is a rare frame of mind; and those who are grateful can seldom find a way to express what they feel. They are overwhelmed by silence; are shamefaced; and, sometimes, actually try to hide their feelings.

Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (1927)

As we grow old, we become aware that death is drawing near; his shadow falls across our path; the realities of life seem less crude than of yore, they touch our senses less intimately, and they lose much of their poignancy.

Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (1927)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Stefan Zweig (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.