Status Updates From The Fountainhead

“He thought, it’s not intentional, not just to hurt me, he can’t help it, he doesn’t even know it—but it’s in his whole body, that look of a creature glad to be alive. And he realized he had never actually believed that any living thing could be glad of the gift of existence.”

“To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul—would you understand why that’s much harder?”

ARE ROARK AND KEATING GAY??!!!

Toohey has a meeting with a bunch of rich folks who have stakes in the Banner. They talk about their opinions on society and art, and Toohey is happy to hear them repeating Banner talking points that he has control over. They express their fear over Wynand and the disdain the public is beginning to feel towards him, worried their investment in the banner is bad, but Toohey soothes them successfully and is very happy

Gail spends more time with taro, inviting him to lunch and coming to his office and home. The home comes along, and Gail and Roark talk about Roark never controlling another and about how your existence and doing something with it is proof of its worth. Dom still waits patiently as the two get to know each other more