Ayn Rand Quotes

Roark Looked At The Clean White Sheet Before Him, His Fist Closed Tightly About The Thin Stem Of A Pencil. He Put The Pencil Down, And Picked It Up Again, His Thumb Running Softly Up And Down The Smooth Shaft; He Saw That The Pencil Was Trembling. He Put It Down Quickly, And He Felt Anger At Himself For The Weakness Of Allowing This Job To Mean So Much To Him, For The Sudden Knowledge Of What The Months Of Idleness Behind Him Had Really Meant. His Finger Tips Were Pressed To The Paper, As If The Paper Held Them, As A Surface Charged With Electricity Will Hold The Flesh Of A Man Who Has Brushed Against It, Hold And Hurt. He Tore His Fingers Off The Paper. Then He Went To Work ...

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