I always get the shakes before a drop. I've had the injections, of course, and hypnotic preparation, and it stands to reason that I can't really be afraid. The ship's psychiatrist has checked my brain waves and asked me silly questions while I was asleep and he tells me that it isn't fear, it isn't anything important — it's just like the trembling of an eager race horse in the starting gate. I couldn't say about that; I've never been a race horse. But the fact is: I'm scared silly, every time.
Juan Rico, p. 1, opening paragraph, internal monologue before the raid on the Skinnies - Starship Troopers (1959) by Robert A. Heinlein. Нужно ли так откровенно цитировать классику жанра?