““...Death often likes to arrive unnoticed. Unheralded. Like a guest who is unfashionably early for a party, Death likes to slip in among the other visitors before anyone has a chance to notice he is present. Seldom is he invited., he simply assumes that, eventually, everyone will want him there. Such is his prowess. When the other guests see Death--guests like Pain, who is doubled over in the corner; Grief, the puddle in the middle of the room; and Sadness, hiding pathetically within the shadow of the door--they all look away for fear that they might make eye contact with him. Although Death shows up without an escort, he never leaves the party alone.””
