Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows Author: Nick Bantock Copy Quote More from Nick Bantock “Foolish man. You cannot turn me into a phantom because you are frightened. You …” “her mother is asking her a question and she is forced to resurface from the san…” “I don't think I am scared of intimacy, but I am frightened of making a mistake.…” “she hurriedly wipes her eyes so that he can see the girl he wishes.”