There was one thing those people were undoubtedly right about: no matter what eternity may do, death does not occur, it simply doesn't. Thus some part of them must still be, even if they are out there rambling. And since they are indeed out there rambling, their spirit, or some part of it, may well have entered one of our bodies. And everyone, save the creators of speculative science fiction and galaxoids or nebuloids, has some self-respect.
-- Tommaso Landolfi
