Harry Potter and the Half-Blood prince, by J.K. Rowling (no I did not steal this from Nathan I had this idea originally) is the 6th book in the Harry Potter series. In this specific book, Harry Potter and Dumbledore go on an adventure to destroy Horcruxes, which are parts of Voldemorts soul, the wizard they are trying to defeat. Towards the end of the novel, Dumbledore dies, which throws a huge wrench into everything and causes Harry to get extremely heartbroken, but also mad, and even more hungry to destroy Lord Voldemort. So him and his 2 friends throughout the whole series, Ron and Hermione, decide to go and hunt down and destroy the remaining 4 Horcruxes. They’re hunt is detailed in the last and final book, though.
“Not while they are merely drifting peacefully below us,” said Dumbledore. “There is nothing to be feared from a body, Harry, any more than there is anything to be feared from the darkness. Lord Voldemort, who of course secretly fears both, disagrees. But once again he reveals his own lack of wisdom. It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” (p. 478)
The part of this quotation i am going to be talking about is the last sentence, I just included the rest because it is all one phrase said. I think this sentence really makes you think about what it really is you are afraid of, when you are afraid of something, or when you are anxious about something. Because if you really think about it, you’re not scared of the dark, you’re scared of what could be lurking within it. This could be said for a lot of other fears. For example, you’re not afraid of elevators, you’re afraid of what could happen when you’re inside one (unless you are afraid of the actual machine in which case that’s more unusual), you’re not afraid of spiders, you’re afraid of what they might do to you, you’re not afraid of heights, you’re afraid of falling, or what happens if you fall, and so on. Of course there are some fears that stand alone, such as the fear of throwing up, or the fear of being homeless, etc. But those aren’t what we are talking about. I think this sentence really makes you dig deep into your fears, and find out what you are really afraid of. Because if you think about it, not everything is what it turns out to be.