"He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown of another's personality, mar…"

"She was twelve years old when she told Eddie Willers that she would run the railroad when they grew up. She was fifte…"

"There is no necessity for pain—why, then, is the worst pain reserved for those who will not accept its necessity?—we …"

"It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of …"

"Man? What is man? He's just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur."

"I don't like people who speak or think in terms of gaining anybody's confidence. If one's actions are honest, one doe…"

"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find th…"

"He saw for the first time that he had never known fear because, against any disaster, he had held the omnipotent cure…"

"As the tunnel came closer, they saw, at the edge of the sky far to the south, in a void of space and rock, a spot of …"

"Who is John Galt?"