“I have a new found respect for Atlas.”
“Jesus H. Christ. I have new respect for the female of the species suddenly.”
“Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them. ”
“Atlas smirked.”
“I have found that there are two ways of dealing with men. Either you treat them with respect, or you kill them. Anything in between merely breeds resentment and the desire for revenge.”
“They gathered not in anger but in celebration of their having found, as a generation, a gentler and more respectful way of being. A way, not incidentally, more in harmony with consuming.”