Don't shy from it

Bust of an elderly Roman man (marble) 40 B.C.

“Wrinkles on a beloved’s face, the body after death, are mortal lessons. He who shrinks from their contemplation is like a dandy sniffing a vinegar-soaked hanky lest he catch the rank whiff of the poor.’’

— Richard Selzer (1928-2016) a Yale Medical School professor of surgery and celebrated writer, especially for his essays and memoirs

Richard Selzer