“A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.”

Laughter as the scale that keeps the world in measure · Sand and Foam, 1926

• Balance
• Humour
• Judgement

“Remembrance is a form of meeting.”

Memory as a second presence · Sand and Foam, 1926

• Meeting
• Memory
• Presence

“When I am unhappy, dear Mary, I read your letters. When the mist overwhelms the I in me, I take two or three letters out of the little box and reread them.”

Letters as a lamp against the fog of the self · Letter to Mary Haskell, Paris

• Consolation
• Friendship
• Letters