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“The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.”
― Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

“I'd always thought I would feel like an animal released from its cage when my student days were finished, I felt more like a bird that had been pushed from its nest and told it must fly.”
― Michelle Moran

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“Winter is coming.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.”
― Ayn Rand

“Who is John Galt?”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”
― Josh Billings

“In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“I think. I am. I will.”
― ayn rand

“John Galt is Prometheus who changed his mind. After centuries of being torn by vultures in payment for having brought to men the fire of the gods, he broke his chains—and he withdrew his fire—until the day when men withdraw their vultures.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“She started off, walking fast, as if the speed of her steps could give form to the things she felt.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“The alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind”
― Ayn Rand

“She watched the prairies the rivers, the towns slipping past at an untouchable distance below - and she noted that the sense of detachment one feels when looking at the earth from a plane was the same sense she felt when looking at people: only her distance from people seemed longer. - Dagny Taggart”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged