He knew that the dread in these men’s minds was not of the fact, but of his naming it—as if the fact had not existed, bu — Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
He knew that the dread in these men’s minds was not of the fact, but of his naming it—as if the fact had not existed, bu — Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
He knew that the dread in these men’s minds was not of the fact, but of his naming it—as if the fact had not existed, bu — Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
He knew that the dread in these men’s minds was not of the fact, but of his naming it—as if the fact had not existed, bu — Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
He knew that the dread in these men’s minds was not of the fact, but of his naming it—as if the fact had not existed, bu — Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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He knew that the dread in these men’s minds was not of the fact, but of his naming it—as if the fact had not existed, but his words held the power to make it exist.

— Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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