A moment or an eternity—did it matter? Life, undefeated, existed and could exist. She smiled, her last smile, to so much that had been possible. - Ayn Rand

It's because...you see, if we had souls, which we haven't, and if our souls met — yours and mine — they'd fight to the death. But after they had torn each other to pieces, to the very bottom, they'd see that they had the same root.

A house can have integrity, just like a person,' said Roark, 'and just as seldom.

And this is the whole shabby secret: to some men, the sight of an achievement is a reproach, a reminder that their own lives are irrational, and that there is no loophole - no escape from reason and reality. Their resentment is the cornered Dionysian element baring its teeth.