“And it seemed to me, too, that I've always been afraid when I was in the company of people…afraid of saying something stupid…afraid of being laughed at.”

“I am afraid. I'm afraid of everything. I'm afraid of the dark, of closed-in spaces, of being alone and of getting too close. I'm afraid that I'll never again have the life I've always known, my feet in the dust and my heart full. I'm afraid of being alive; I'm afraid to die.”

“No you don't understand. I've been afraid my whole life.So Sorry, but may I ask of what?Of the future...of my path..I've..I've been afraid of so many things.Perhaps..Perhaps your days of being afraid are done.”

“I've always been afraid that someone would steal my identity some day and be more successful at being me than I am!!”

“I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.”

“People are always afraid of anything different. They are afraid of change," says Sensai. "It is the same everywhere.”