Of course you are afraid, the Hat said, and Lavender winced. How was she supposed to convince it she was good enough to be Gryffindor if it could see her emotions better than she could? She was about to protest when it said, but that's quite alright. She paused in confusion, and the Hat explained, Godric always said, "To be brave is not to be unafraid; it is to face the world when you are afraid."