Shadows IV

"...nearly all men are afraid, and they don’t even know what causes their fear--shadows, perplexities, dangers without names or numbers, fear of a faceless death. But if you can bring yourself to face not shadows but real death, then you need never be afraid again, at least not in the same way you were before. Then you will be a man set apart from other men, safe where other men may cry in terror. This is the great reward."
--John Steinbeck,
"East Of Eden"