Fear Quote by Milan Kundera

“vertigo is something other than the fear of falling. It is the voice of emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is…

— Milan Kundera

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.

— Salman Rushdie

Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than…

— Milan Kundera

“I've heard an idea proposed, I've no idea how seriously, to account for the sensation of vertigo. It's an idea that I instinctively like…

— Douglas Adams

“When a man is standing at the top of a cliff, it isn’t fear of falling that keeps him rooted to the edge —…

— Cristelle Comby

“They are too stupid to fear. Vertigo is too complex for them.”

— China Miéville

I am increasingly afflicted by vertigo where words mean nothing

— Doris Lessing

“Vertiginously close? Can proximity cause vertigo? It can. When the North Pole comes so close as to touch the South Pole, the earth disappears…

— Milan Kundera

“I walk lighter, stumble less, with more spring in leg and lung, keeping my center of gravity deep in the belly, and letting that…

— Peter Matthiessen

The fear's as bad as falling.

— William Shakespeare

“It was vertigo. A heady, insuperable longing to fall. We might also call vertigo the intoxication of the weak. Aware of his weakness, a…

— Milan Kundera

I suffer from vertigo. It's paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I've been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by…

— Hari Kunzru