“Why is it, my shadow-striding friend, that we don't fear dreams? We lose consciousness, lose control, things happen with no apparent logic and abiding by no apparent rules.... We don't fear dreams, but we do fear madness, and death terrifies us.”
“We losers don't fear death. For us it's the end of a lifelong losing spell.”
“The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we're afraid.We fear we will not find love,and when we find it we fear we'll lose it. We fear that if we don't have love we will be unhappy.”
“Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.”
“The fact is that we don't want to be free. What is responsible for our problems is the fear of losing what we have and what we know.”
“We don't actually fear death, we fear that no one will notice our absence, that we will disappear without a trace.”