Isn't the fear of pain next brother to pain itself?
The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age - what's called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff.
Marriage. The beginning and the end are wonderful. But the middle part is hell.
Before you fall asleep everyday, say something positive to yourself.
if death becomes cheap it is the watcher, not the dying, who is poisoned.
An only child is never twelve.