He wouldn't call a glass of water half full or half empty; he'd assume it was poisoned and run away.
Simon Bloom, The Gravity KeeperFear does different things to people. Some run away. Some go forward to meet it before it's there.
No Graves As YetOne should hold fast one's heart; for when one letteth it go, how quickly doth one's head run away!
Thus Spoke Zarathustra