About Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda: Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga was a 19th-century Cuban-born Spanish writer.
Such are contrasts we see every day in the world. Joy and Sorrow! But Joy is an exile from Heaven who does not remain in any one place. Sorrow is a son of Hell who does not release his prey until he has torn it to pieces.
