[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fAGbdAbIsH2JDlca_dISBhTNuCbl3_L0dLDkNDYe1Q2w":3,"$forX1bpjwU5Q0t5kH9raBvqX29Fcg2FrqvKLFd6rFJZc":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},41233,"Fleur Jaeggy","F",14,null,"fleur-jaeggy",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":103},[14,22,28,34,40,47,53,64,76,87],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},3026458,"What are the girls thinking of? At least half are nostalgic for death, and for a temple, and for all of those clothes.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":25,"source":26,"quote_tag":27,"commentary":9},3026448,"His eyes stayed open imperiously. No one could close his eyelids. The room smoked of grief.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":29,"quote_text":30,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":31,"source":32,"quote_tag":33,"commentary":9},3026436,"The wind wrinkled the dark lake and my thoughts as it swept on the clouds, chopped them up with its hatchet; between them you could just glimpse the Last Judgement, finding each of us guilty of nothing.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":35,"quote_text":36,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":37,"source":38,"quote_tag":39,"commentary":9},3026419,"Once when I was eight years old my grandmother asked me, what will you do when you grow up? And I answered, I want to die. I want to die when I grow up. I want to die soon. And I think my sister really liked that answer.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":41,"quote_text":42,"author_id":5,"source_id":43,"has_image":18,"author":44,"source":45,"quote_tag":46,"commentary":9},872183,"Inside, a mother superior, ethereal, delicate, who took me under her wing. She caressed me with her slender, soft hands, she sat next to me as if I were a friend. One day she disappeared. In her place arrived a buxom Swiss from Canton Uri. It's common knowledge that a new leader will hate the predecessors' favourites. A boarding school is like a harem.",2,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":48,"quote_text":49,"author_id":5,"source_id":43,"has_image":18,"author":50,"source":51,"quote_tag":52,"commentary":9},872182,"I still thought that to get something you had to go straight for your goal whereas it is only distractions, uncertainty, distance that bring us closer to our targets, and then it is the targets which strike us.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":54,"quote_text":55,"author_id":5,"source_id":43,"has_image":18,"author":56,"source":57,"quote_tag":58,"commentary":9},800283,"Sui prati scoscesi volavano bassi i corvi, deformi, va na gloriosi, crudeli. Li avevi paragonati alla nostra adolescenza, mentre cercavano, nella terra intorno al collegio, dove mettere gli artigli.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[59],{"id":60,"tag":61},3714080,{"id":62,"tag_name":63},55356,"teen-angst",{"id":65,"quote_text":66,"author_id":5,"source_id":43,"has_image":18,"author":67,"source":68,"quote_tag":69,"commentary":75},795910,"Hemos imaginado el mundo. ¿Qué otra cosa puede imaginarse si no es la propia muerte? El sonido de una campana y todo ha terminado.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[70],{"id":71,"tag":72},3704918,{"id":73,"tag_name":74},51054,"muerte","**The Backstory**\nFleur Jaeggy's poignant reflection, \"Hemos imaginado el mundo. ¿Qué otra cosa puede imaginarse si no es la propia muerte? El sonido de una campana y todo ha terminado\" (We have imagined the world. What else can be imagined if not our own death? The sound of a bell and it's all over), echoes her Swiss-German heritage and upbringing amidst the shadows of war and loss during World War II. This era was marked by the relentless march of mortality, leaving Jaeggy with an unwavering perspective on the transience of human existence.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nBeneath its melancholic surface, Jaeggy's statement reveals a profound insight: our most profound imagination is not about grand creations or futures, but about the finality of life itself. This paradox underscores how our capacity for imagination can be both creative and morbid, suggesting that the edge between life and death is where we find the deepest truth about human experience.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply Jaeggy's insight today, consider making space in your creative or professional endeavors for a \"mortification\" of sorts. Regularly confront the impermanence of your projects, relationships, or accomplishments by asking yourself what would remain significant if everything else were erased. This mortification can help you uncover the essence and true value within each endeavor, allowing you to create more purposefully and with less attachment.",{"id":77,"quote_text":78,"author_id":5,"source_id":43,"has_image":18,"author":79,"source":80,"quote_tag":81,"commentary":9},780098,"Cuando se está allí dentro, una imagina cosas grandiosas sobre el mundo, y cuando sale, a veces desearía volver a oír el sonido de la campana.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[82],{"id":83,"tag":84},3659280,{"id":85,"tag_name":86},38811,"mundo",{"id":88,"quote_text":89,"author_id":5,"source_id":43,"has_image":18,"author":90,"source":91,"quote_tag":92,"commentary":9},744246,"La vida para mí se hacía demasiado larga. 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