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‘What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?’ — Henrik Ibsen | Vilhelm Hammershøi — Interior Strandgade 30

‘... boredom speaks the language of time, and is to teach you the most valuable lesson in your life - ... the lesson of your utter insignificance...’ Joseph Brodsky, On Grief and Reason: Essays, 1995

‘A thousand words can’t make the mark a single deed will leave.’ Henrik Ibsen, Brand, 1866 Eugène Accard, La lettre

‘The rest was childhood and youth.’ Joseph Brodsky, Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980) An Obituary in: Less Than One, Selected Essays © Myriam Leforestier, Promenade des Anglais, Nice

‘If there is any substitute for love, it is memory.’ Joseph Brodsky, Introduction on Hope Against Hope: A Memoir by Nadezhda Mandelstam, ed. 1970 Elliott Erwitt, Acapulco Mexico, 1991

‘The strongest man upon the earth is he who stands most alone.’ Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People, 1882 Edward Hopper

‘There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.’ Joseph Brodsky, quoted in The Balancing Act: Mastering the Competing Demands of Leadership by Kerry Patterson, 1996 Les Bouquinistes de Paris

‘The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society.’ Henrik Ibsen, The Pillars of Society (Lona, Act IV), 1877 Patrice Molinard, Paris, La Madeleine, 1955

‘I sit in the dark. And it would be hard to figure out which is worse: the dark inside, or the darkness out.’ Joseph Brodsky, I Sit By The Window, 1971 Pascal Colin pascal colin

‘You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.’ Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House, 1879 Raymond Cauchetier, Paris 1959 Jean-Paul Belmondo & Jean Seberg in À bout de souffle, 1960

‘A novel or a poem is not a monologue, but the conversation of a writer with a reader.’ Joseph Brodsky, Nobel Lecture, 1986 Lyuaba Burokava

‘After all, I was born only because of what was left behind.’ Joseph Brodsky In A Room and Half, Less Than One, Essays, 1986 Keith Caldwell

‘… and love, as an act, lacks a verb; (…) it was the nothingness of Time.’ Joseph Brodsky, I Sit By the Window for Lev Loseff, 1971 Elliott Erwitt, Egypt, 1958

‘One dined at Au Rocher de Cancale, and dined well, in select company, where one could talk freely without fear of being overheard.’ Honoré de Balzac Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, 1838 -1847 La Comédie humaine, 1829-1848 Restaurant Au Rocher de Cancale, Paris

‘When you got homesick, it’s not something missing, it’s something present, a visit. People and places from far away arrive and keep you company for a while.’ Erri De Luca, Montedidio (God’s Mountain) 2001 Julia Nimke

Thomas and Katia Mann with their children, Hiddensee 1924 From left: Katia, Monika, Michael, Elisabeth, Thomas, Klaus and Erika

‘Everything is alive, everything is in motion, everything corresponds (…) I commune with the chorus of stars and they join in my sorrows and joys.’ Gérard de Nerval Aurélia ou le Rêve et la Vie, posthumously 1855

‘To love is a consummation.’ Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, 1862 Erik Madigan Heck, The Milkmaid 2, The Garden, 2016

‘It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life.’ Henrik Ibsen, Ghosts, 1881 Hana Katoba

‘For darkness restores what light cannot repair: the mind’s deep crevices, the heart’s old tear …’ Joseph Brodsky, On Love, 1973 Sebastião Salgado