"Judgment to distinguish right and wrong, vision to see the truth, courage to act upon it, dedication to that which is good, integrity to stand by the good at any price. But where does one find it?"
Ian Bytchekhas quoted1 hour ago
She was watching the work, her glance intent and purposeful, the glance of competence enjoying its own function.
Ian Bytchekhas quoted7 days ago
The sole secret of his rise in life was the fact that he was a product of chance and knew it and aspired to nothing else.
Ian Bytchekhas quoted7 days ago
He had the cunning of the unintelligent and the frantic energy of the lazy.
Ian Bytchekhas quoted8 days ago
“John Galt is Prometheus who changed his mind. After centuries of being torn by vultures in payment for having brought to men the fire of the gods, he broke his chains and he withdrew his fire—until the day when men withdraw their vultures.”
Ian Bytchekhas quoted8 days ago
She felt his arm remain about her shoulders a moment longer than he intended her to notice.
Ian Bytchekhas quoted11 days ago
You’re the man who would know that just as an idea unexpressed in physical action is contemptible hypocrisy, so is platonic love—and just as physical action unguided by an idea is a fool’s self-fraud, so is sex when cut off from one’s code of values.
Ian Bytchekhas quotedlast month
The hours ahead, like all her nights with him, would be added, she thought, to that savings account of one’s life where moments of time are stored in the pride of having been lived.
Ian Bytchekhas quoted2 months ago
You said once that celebrations should be only for those who have something to celebrate.”
Ian Bytchekhas quoted2 months ago
I’m going to have you at the price of more than myself: at the price of my self esteem—and I want you to know it.