Chilling, inexplicable thing. I think of this definition of vertigo:
"Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the abyss below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves."
Chilling, inexplicable thing. I think of this definition of vertigo:
—Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
This is one of my favourite books of all time. I fell in love with Kundera for observations like this.
He's delightful!