mangoshakes

What is vertigo? Fear  of falling? Then why do we feel it even when the observation tower comes equipped with a sturdy handrail? No, vertigo is something other than the fear of falling. It is the voice of emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves. [Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being] The heat felt sonorous, yet stung nonetheless. It was probably no lower than 39 degrees. He felt his eyebrows furrow as he suppressed a frown. He still wasn't used to all the heat and his pores had been continuously spouting sweat drops since the touch down. He took a ha