Pain is subtle. He has cold grey fingers. His voice is horse from crying & screaming. . . When people try to avoid him, he follows them silently & turns upas the bartender, or the bus driver. . . Pain has an elaborate filing system for keeping track of everyone. . . Pain respects people who are willing to take risks. If you. . . face him directly, he will give you a special ointment so your wounds don't fester.
We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life.