old age is irreversible. No one can fight against it ... body and to look "less than their age", aging is their greatest fear. From their point of view, this human reality seems to be unnatural.

And it took the curse off of it somehow." That outlook fueled White's own view of death, she told Bruni: "I have no fear or dread of death," adding with a smile: "[But] I'm happy as a lark to stay ...