“There is a great fear that plagues only romantics and children... it is that they might be alright alone.”
“False fears are a plague, a modern plague!”
“She had always feared she might die alone, but she was not alone.”
“He was with me, beside me, inside me, and I did not care that my children were asleep, alone at home, or that the neighbors might come to know. He burned the fear out of me until all was left was desire.”
“Fear is a state of nervousness only fit for children”
“He might be alone in holding that belief, and if alone, than a lunatic. But the thought of being a lunatic did not greatly trouble him: the horror was that he might also be wrong.”