As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death you get used to.
Source: Autobiography, ch. 16 (1969).
-- Enid Bagnold, (Oct 27 1889-1981), English novelist, playwright; She was known for her broad range of subject and style; wrote National Velvet, 1935 and the prize-winning play The Chalk Garden, 1956.