To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.

About Ayn Rand

Portrait of Ayn Rand

Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2 [O.S. January 20], 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand ( ), was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system which she named Objectivism.

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Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man's values, it has to be earned.

It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.

Guilt is a rope that wears thin.

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.

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Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.

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Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

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The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

I never stopped loving you. Even when I was in love with someone else.

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The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.

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