In order for a thing to be horrible it has to suffer a change you can recognize.
The October CountryThe dead don't die. They look on and help.
The Letters of D. H. Lawrence: Volume 3, October 1916 June 1921Life was as real as the wind that stroked her face—not any less or any more. p. 52
Tomris: October 1942How talented was death. How many expressions and manipulations of hand, face, body, no two alike.
The October Country