qumbler

“In its purer forms lack appears as an ontological guilt or anxiety that becomes almost unbearable because it gnaws on one's very core. For that reason ontological guilt wants to become guilt for something, because we then know how to atone for it; and anxiety is eager to objectify into fear of something, because we have ways to defend ourselves against feared things.”

“Because Vito owns a swimming pool. And weights.”

“it's a heavy book”