Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand

For Dagny—the ideal. The answer to her two quests: the man of genius and the man she loves.

Anyway, this should be my lead for the character of John Galt. He, too, is a combination of an abstract philosopher and a practical inventor; the thinker and the man of action together . . .

“Not against a red light. If the light says stop, we stop.” “A red light means danger, lady,” said the passenger.

He observed, with satisfaction, that she was silenced by anger. He liked to observe emotions;