“Francesca da Rimini talks about love for Paolo and death like this in The Divine Comedy: “Once we read the story of Launcelot, together and carefree. One line ruined us! When we read how this passionate lover covered with a kiss the smile on the lips that he adored, the one who even here will never be separated from me, trembling, pressed a kiss to my lips. The book and the one who wrote it were our gravediggers, and that day we read no more...”