Fear

A quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most....

Fyodor Dostoevsky

English translation: Constance Garnett

From the source

Crime and Punishment, Part I, Chapter I.

English translation by Constance Garnett. Historical translation reproduced in the linked source.

Raskolnikov thinks about his fear at the beginning of the novel.