m a n

photo by Kit

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. *

* by Katherine Hepburn

s o r r o w

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.*

*by Joseph Conrad

f r i e n d s h i p

Aleksandra - my best friend; streets of Granada, Spain 2006

Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.

m a r r i a g e

My brother Ralf and his wife on their wedding day, some years ago, Denmark

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. *

* by Friedrich Nietzsche

o p p o r t u n i t y

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. *

* by Mark Twain