Monthly Archives: August 2002

Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“This, she knew, was tribute to her, the rarest one person could pay another: the tribute of feeling free to acknowledge ones own greatness, knowing that it is understood.”

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Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“There is no necessity for pain - why, then, is the worst pain reserved for those who will not accept its necessity? - we who hold the love and the secret of joy, to what punishment have we been sentenced for it, and by whom?”

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Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“This was not the time for his old doubts. He felt that he could forgive anything to anyone, because happiness was the greatest agent of purification.”

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