Elsewhere

by Dean Koontz

it was all right to be afraid as long as you didn’t allow your fear to paralyze or in any significant way dispirit you. Evil people thrived on your fear; they fed on it; they could defeat you only if you made yourself a banquet of fear and were consumed by your enemies.

I have an open mind but not an empty skull.”

‘He who fears to take a risk will never know reward.’”