As they say in the bible, that you're supposed to rejoice when people die and mourn when they're born, because it's one of the most painful acts you go through in life, is being born, and dying.
“My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone's wrapping fish in it.”
“I believe, along with many others, that you must first ask for what you want before you can have it.”