“Those whom God wishes to destroy he drives mad.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“They had known who she was all right. She glistened with sex. Even the roaches and the ants and the flies wanted to fuck her.”
― Women
― Women
“I'm just an alcoholic who became a writer so that I would be able to stay in bed until noon.”
― Women
― Women
“Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion–when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing–when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors–when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you–when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice–you may know that your society is doomed. Money is so noble a medium that does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It will not permit a country to survive as half-property, half-loot”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
“They took all the joy out of fucking by talking about it all the time. I liked to fuck too, but it wasn't my religion.”
― Women
― Women
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