The Fountainhead Quotes
American novels, Philosophical novels
Top Quotes
βHoward Roark laughed.β
β"Every loneliness is a pinnacle."β
β" [...] love is exception-making."β
β"Worry is a waste of emotional reserves."β
β"The first right on earth is the right of the ego."β
β"I'm not an altruist, Gail. I don't decide for others."β
β"The world is perishing from an orgy of self-sacrificing."β
β"One loses everything when one loses one's sense of humor."β
β"I don't wish to be the symbol of anything. I'm only myself."β
β"I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you."β
β"A truly selfish man cannot be affected by the approval of others."β
β"Patience is always rewarded and romance is just around the corner."β
β"A house can have integrity, just like a person; and just as seldom."β
β"You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated."β
β"What you think you've lost can neither be lost nor found. Don't let it go."β
β"I love doing it. Every building is like a person. Single and unrepeatable."β
β"How do you always manage to decide?"
"How can you let others decide for you?"β
β"Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive."β
β"If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others."β
β"Writing is a serious business and not for any stray bastard that wants to try it."β