# Quote — Stefan Zweig, Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman

> Most people have very little imagination. They are hardly moved by anything which does not directly touch them, which does not positively hammer its message upon their senses; but even a trifle, should it happen under their very eyes, and within the immediate range of their feelings, will instantly kindle in them a disproportionate amount of passion. We may say that the rarity of their interest is compensated by an inappropriate and exaggerated vehemence when their interest is at last aroused.

- Author: [Stefan Zweig](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stefan-zweig.md)
- Book: [Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stefan-zweig/twenty-four-hours-in-the-life-of-a-woman.md)
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