Quote#Children
To the young, what can be more disturbing, what more unsettling and…
Quote byStefan Zweig · 1881–1942
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Confusion of Feelings or Confusion: The Private Papers of Privy Councillor R. Von D (1927).
English (original)
To the young, what can be more disturbing, what more unsettling and tantalizing, than the play of vague suspicions? The fancy, ceasing to wander in the void, concentrates upon a definite aim, and luxuriates in the febrile pleasures of the chase.
— Stefan Zweig
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