Ayn Rand Quotes
In An Age Of Casual, Cynical, Indifferent Routine, Among People Who Held Themselves As If They Were Not Flesh, But Meat-Dagny's Bearing Seemed Almost Indecent, Because This Was The Way A Woman Would Have Faced A Ballroom Centuries Ago, When The Act Of Displaying One's Half-naked Body For The Admiration Of Men Was An Act Of Daring, When It Had Meaning, And But One Meaning, Acknowledged By All As A High Adventure. And This-thought Mrs. Taggart, Smiling-was The Girl She Had Believed To Be Devoid Of Sexual Capacity. She Felt An Immense Relief, And A Touch Of Amusement At The Thought That A Discovery Of This Kind Should Make Her Feel Relieved. The Relief Lasted Only For A Few Hours. At The End Of The Evening, She Saw Dagny In A Corner Of The Ballroom, Sitting On A Balustrade As If It Were A Fence Rail, Her Legs Dangling Under The Chiffon Skirt As If She Were Dressed In Slacks. She Was Talking To A Couple Of Helpless Young Men, Her Face Contemptuously Empty.
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