“To say "I love you" one must know first how to say the "I".”
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Quotes from bookThe Fountainhead
The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, her first major literary success. The novel's protagonist, Howard Roark, is an individualistic young architect who designs modernist buildings and refuses to compromise with an architectural establishment unwilling to accept innovation. Roark embodies what Rand believed to be the ideal man, and his struggle reflects Rand's belief that individualism is superior to collectivism.
“I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.”
Ayn Rand book The Fountainhead
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“The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.”
Ayn Rand book The Fountainhead
Variant: The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see
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“Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.”
Ayn Rand book The Fountainhead
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“A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack”
Ayn Rand book The Fountainhead
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“How do you always manage to decide?"
"How can you let others decide for you?”
Ayn Rand book The Fountainhead
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“Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue.”
Ayn Rand book The Fountainhead
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“Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.”
Ayn Rand book The Fountainhead
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