Remember: what we avoid grows, and only what we accept is transformed.
“Happiness is self-contained and self-sufficient. Happy men have no time and no use for you. Happy men are free men.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
“Notice how they’ll accept anything except a man who stands alone. They recognize him at once...There’s a special, insidious kind of hatred for him. They forgive criminals. They admire dictators. Crime and violence are a tie. A form of mutual dependence. They need ties. They’ve got to force their miserable little personalities on every single person they meet. The independent man kills them—because they don’t exist within him and that’s the only form of existence they know. Notice the malignant kind of resentment against any idea that propounds independence. Notice the malice toward an independent man.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
“The crowd had stared at him and given up angrily, finding no satisfaction. He did not look crushed and he did not look defiant. He looked impersonal and calm. He was not like a public figure in a public place; he was like a man alone in his own room, listening to the radio.”
―
―
“They have no concern for facts, ideas, work. They’re concerned only with people. They don’t ask: ‘Is this true?’ They ask: ‘Is this what others think is true?’ Not to judge, but to repeat. Not to do, but to give the impression of doing. Not creation, but show. Not ability, but friendship. Not merit, but pull.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
“...it was not a silence of resentment; it was the silence of an understanding too delicate to limit by words.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
Ask Jodi Picoult - February 27, 2013
— 1601 members
— last activity Aug 25, 2018 08:26PM
**Update** Thank you so much for participating in our Ask Jodi chat! Unfortunately Jodi wasn't able to answer all of your amazing questions because t ...more
Swapnil’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Swapnil’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Book Club, Business, Chick-lit, Children's, Christian, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Manga, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Sports, Thriller, Travel, Young-adult, War, and Women's Fiction
Polls voted on by Swapnil
Lists liked by Swapnil








![छावा [Chhava] by Shivaji Sawant छावा [Chhava] by Shivaji Sawant](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1341932298l/11980343._SY75_.jpg)

![पार्टनर [Partner] by V.P. Kale पार्टनर [Partner] by V.P. Kale](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1313604520l/12388032._SY75_.jpg)




















