"I was standing in front of you for a few seconds, you actually saw me. You looked [at me] fleetingly. And, you did not recognize me." She felt invisible.

Hannah Arendt Martin Heidegger, Elzbieta Ettinger

Elliott Erwitt, Valencia, Spain

James Jowers, E. 8th St., 1967

Oh, eu queria ficar aqui,
pequenina.

Anoitecer, Cecília Meireles

My heart has made its mind up and I'm afraid it's you.

Valentine, Wendy Cope

Pretty as can be

François-Hubert Drouais, Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame, 1763-4

Heidegger's first letter to Hannah, dated 10 February 1925, bears the formal salutation "Dear Miss Arendt". Keeping a courteous distance he declared his respect for her, praised the qualities of her mind and soul, and asked only that she let him help her to remain faithful to herself.

Hannah Arendt Martin Heidegger, Elzbieta Ettinger