That which yields is not always weak.
Night breeds its own sort of anticipation.
The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart
What is fear but courage's shadow?
We may not have demon fathers dangling offers of infernal power before us, but everyone understands what it means to struggle with temptation or resist the urge to give in to our baser natures.
Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours?