How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Oh yes, he was being careful as he had been careful boating down the river into Phat Diem, with the caution of a hero in a boy's adventure story, proud of his caution like a Scout's badge and quite unaware of the absurdity and improbability of his adventure. (2.2.4.55)
Fowler sees Pyle's fearlessness as an aspect of his innocence—both of which Fowler believes to be character flaws. And because Pyle cannot fear for himself, he cannot fear for others.
Quote #5
I lay still and heard nothing but my own pain beating like a monstrous heart and held my breath and prayed to the God I didn't believe in, 'Let me die or faint. Let me die or faint' … (2.2.4.58)
To be sure, this is not a moment of faith for Fowler. He hasn't suddenly found God in his fear and pain. Later, when the pain is gone, so is his prayer. God remains just an idea; there when it's convenient, sort of like a drive through car wash.
Quote #6
Ordinary life goes on – that has saved many a man's reason. Just as in an air-raid it proved impossible to be frightened all the time, so under the bombardment of routine jobs, of chance encounters, of impersonal anxieties, one lost for hours together the personal fear. (2.3.2.1)
Maybe this is why fears arises and persist at night more than the day. It's not the darkness that breeds fear, but the absence of distractions. You know what they say: An idle mind is the devil's workshop.