Status Updates From Atlas Shrugged

"It was the silence of immobility within him, as if possessing knowledge, he could now afford to rest with no further activity of soul. He felt nothing, neither anguish nor elation. It was as if, by an effort of years, he had climbed a mountain to gain a distant view and, having reached the top, had fallen to lie still, to rest before he looked, free to spare himself for the first time" (904).