Era ya la hora en que se enternece el corazón de los navegantes y renace su deseo de abrazar a los caros amigos de quienes el mismo día se han desped… - Dante Alighieri

They are THE OPPORTUNISTS, those souls who in life were neither for good nor evil but only for themselves. Mixed with them are those outcasts who took no sides in the Rebellion of the Angels. They are neither in Hell nor out of it. Eternally unclassified, they race round and round pursuing a wavering banner that runs forever before them through the dirty air; and as they run they are pursued by swarms of wasps and hornets, who sting them and produce a constant flow of blood and putrid matter which trickles down the bodies of the sinners and is feasted upon by loathsome worms and maggots who coat the ground.

Decidi de mim para mim que ela devia ter os seus trinta anos e que tinha vontade de se casar. Estava um pouco avariada como uma casa por muito tempo desabitada, por falta de inquilino, mas ainda era bem-encarada. A magreza parecia provir de um fogo interior que a devorava e que brilhava

And just as he who, with exhausted breath,
having escaped from sea to shore, turns back
to watch the dangerous waters he has quit,
so did my spirit, still a fugitive,
turn back to look intently at the pass
that never has let any man survive.