

“He thought--while his hand moved rapidly--what a power there was in words; later, for those who heard them, but first for the one who found them; a healing power, a solution, like the breaking of a barrier.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead

“There is no affirmation without the one who affirms. in this sense, everything to which you grant your love is yours”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead

“To say "I love you" one must know first how to say the "I".”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead

“I don't wish to be the symbol of anything. I'm only myself.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead

“Look, Gail." Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed at each end; then, his wrists and knuckles tensed against the resistance, he bent the branch slowly into an arc. "Now I can make what I want of it: a bow, a spear, a cane, a railing. That's the meaning of life."
"Your strength?"
"Your work." He tossed the branch aside. "The material the earth offers you and what you make of it . . . ”
― The Fountainhead
"Your strength?"
"Your work." He tossed the branch aside. "The material the earth offers you and what you make of it . . . ”
― The Fountainhead
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