Fear

I was recently reminded of this quote, so I thought I would share:

 "I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. ... It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. ... You must fight hard to shine the light of words upon it. Because if you don't, if your fear becomes a wordless darkness that you avoid, perhaps even manage to forget, you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you."

    - Pi Patel, from "The Life of Pi" excerpts from chapter 56