Arthur Japin

The difference between friendship and love is that friendship endures absence. That’s the only thing that matters, honey, for someone to see more in you than you thought there was to see.

W. S. Merwin

William Stanley Merwin: (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019). American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose and produced many works in translation. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin’s unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration. In the 1980s and 1990s, his writing influence derived from an interest… Lees verder W. S. Merwin

Jan Greshoff

Jan Greshoff: (Nieuw-Helvoet, 15 December 1888 – Cape Town, 19 March 1971). Dutch journalist and writer who became best known as a poet and critic. Greshoff worked as a journalist from 1908, including at the Dagblad van Zuid-Holland and ‘s-Gravenhage and for weekly De Hofstad. From 1916, he worked on the arts editorial of De… Lees verder Jan Greshoff

Menander of Athens

Don’t affirm anything with an oath, not even the truth. Let not your friend your cherished secrets hear; then, if you quarrel, you’ve no cause to fear. How great the small gift when ’tis timely given.