It is old age rather than death that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.
I've never met a person who has more integrity than my husband. I respect that. There's his humor and intelligence too and he's really cute all those things - but if you don't respect your partner you'll get sick of him.
