“Roark, floating like a piece of driftwood, held a power greater than that of the engine in the belly of the yacht. Wynand thought: Because that is the power from which the engine has come.”
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“You never wanted me to be real. You never wanted anyone to be. But you didn’t want me to show it. You wanted an act to help your act...”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
“She came back many days later. She saw him, unexpectedly, on a flat stretch of stone before
her, by the side of the path. She stopped short. She did not want to come too close. It was
strange to see him before her, without the defence and excuse of distance.”
― The Fountainhead
her, by the side of the path. She stopped short. She did not want to come too close. It was
strange to see him before her, without the defence and excuse of distance.”
― The Fountainhead
“She wondered why her normal desire to say little, to hold things closed, broke down before him, why she felt compelled to simple frankness, such as she could offer no one else.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
“She did not smile, but her face had the lovely serenity that can become a smile without transition.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
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