“I do not seek the good of others as a sanction for my right to exist, nor do I recognize the good of others as a justification for their seizure of my property or their destruction of my life.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
“Toohey: "Mr. Roark, we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me? In any words you wish. No one will hear us."
Roark: "But I don't think of you.”
― The Fountainhead
Roark: "But I don't think of you.”
― The Fountainhead
“You want to do it?"
"I might. If you offer me enough."
"Howard—anything you ask. Anything. I'd sell my soul..."
"That's the sort of thing I want you to understand. To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul—would you understand why that's much harder?”
― The Fountainhead
"I might. If you offer me enough."
"Howard—anything you ask. Anything. I'd sell my soul..."
"That's the sort of thing I want you to understand. To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul—would you understand why that's much harder?”
― The Fountainhead
“But there are people who'll try to hurt you through the good they see in you--knowing that it's the good, needing it and punishing you for it. Don't let it break you when you discover that.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
“Worry is a waste of emotional reserve".”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
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