“I had always been afraid.”
“That was the way with Man; it had always been that way. He had carried terror with him. And the thing he was afraid of had always been himself.”
“I have always been afraid of banks.”
“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. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.”
“I have always been afraid... Always been pretending to follow you closely, alwyas been pretending to sharpen my teeth, when the truth is, I am ... scared to death just treading on your shadow.”