“Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, doubtless two of the most exquisitely adolescent of fictions.”
“To fear to face an issue to believe that the worst is true.--Atlas Shrugged”
“The final belief is to believe in a fiction, which you know to be a fiction, there being nothing else. The exquisite truth is to know that it is a fiction and that you believe in it willingly.”
“There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-kid’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood in which large chunks of the day are spent inventing ways to make real life more like a fantasy novel. The other is a book about orcs.”
“gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.”
“A man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress.”