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My real soul...? It’s real only when it’s independent... — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
You love your work. God help you, you love it! And thats the curse. That's the brand on your forehead for all of them to — Ayn Rand
I’m not capable of suffering completely. I never have. It goes only down to a certain point and then it stops. As long a — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
She found a dark satisfaction in pain—because that pain came from him. — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
The mind is an attribute of the individual. There is no such thing as a collective brain. There is no such thing as a co — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
..each remembered other moments, on a sleepless night, on an afternoon of steady rain, in a church, in an empty street a — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
Men hate passion, any great passion. Henry Cameron made a mistake : he loved his work. That was why he fought. That was — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
He’s not really struggling even for material wealth, but for the second-hander’s delusion—prestige. A stamp of approval, — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
He knew, while he spoke, that it was useless, because his words sounded as if they were hitting a vacuum. There was no s — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
Roark spoke quietly. He was the only man in the room who felt certain of his own words. — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
In all proper relationships there is no sacrifice of anyone to anyone... Men exchange their work by free, mutual consent — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
The exquisite kindliness of her manner suggested that their relationship was of no possible consequence, that she could — Ayn Rand
The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man’s first duty is to himself. His moral law is never to place his pr — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
A man’s spirit is his self. That entity which is his consciousness. To think, to feel, to judge, to act are functions of — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
Men have been taught that the ego is the synonym of evil, and selflessness the ideal of virtue. But the creator is the e — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
..it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed. It is the unsacrificed self that we must respect in m — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
The faces stood out, separate, lonely, no two alike. Behind each, there were the years of a life lived or half over, eff — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
I want to sleep with you. Now, tonight, and at any time you may care to call me. I want your naked body, your skin. your — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
I want to sleep with you. Now, tonight, and at any time you may care to call me. I want your naked body, your skin. your — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
When they lay in bed together it was—as it had to be, as the nature of the act demanded—an act of violence. It was surre — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead