"Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect some day to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? .... No, .... It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves." -The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

I like the way the author names and describes vertigo. I feel it every now and then - wanting to quit, to hate, to despise, to despair, to fear, to panic, to give into apathy, etc. Moments of weakness when you enjoy feeling weak, when you get sick and tired of putting up a fight and just want to let go of yourself and
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Eventually I do fight and defend myself. As long as there is the breath of life in me, I can't give up the goal of "something higher".