Perta

“You can call me a thief if you like, a thief of ceremonies”
― Fleur Jaeggy, The Water Statues

“I don't have much practice sitting in men's laps ... outside mall Santas when I was a little girl.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“The bell rings, we get up. The bell rings again, we go to bed. We retire to our rooms; we saw life pass by beneath our windows, observed it in books and on our walks, watched the seasons change. It was always a reflection, a reflection that seemed to freeze on our windowsills... We imagined the world. What else can we imagine now if not our own deaths? The bell rings and it's all over.”
― Fleur Jaeggy, Sweet Days of Discipline

“I've found it hard sometimes to turn my back on the natural call of the waves, and I don't envy the temperament of vultures or of stars. The blinds at my windows have been fluttering for fifty years.”
― Fleur Jaeggy, The Water Statues