A Horcrux is the complete opposite of a human being.

And now a chill settled over them where they stood, and Harry heard the rasping breath of the dementors that patrolled the outer trees. They would not affect him now. The fact of his own survival burned inside him, a talisman against them, as though his father's stag kept guardian in his heart.

Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human —” “THEN — I — DON’T — WANT — TO — BE — HUMAN!” Harry roared.

There was no press involvement, there was no pressure. Life was very pure and it became more complicated.

When you have that last piece of the jigsaw, everything will, I hope, be clear..." -Albus Dumbledore

Imagine losing fingernails, Harry! That really puts our sufferings into perspective, doesn't it?

I hope that even if you remember not a single word of mine, you remember those of Seneca, another of those old Romans I met when I fled down the Classics corridor, in retreat from career ladders, in search of ancient wisdom: As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.