I love you, Dominique. As selfishly as the fact that I exist. As selfi…

Ayn Rand
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I love you, Dominique. As selfishly as the fact that I exist. As selfishly as my lungs breathe air. I breathe for my own necessity, for the fuel of my body, for my survival. I've given you, not my sacrifice or my pity, but my ego and my naked need. This is the only way I can want you to love me. ✨ Ayn Rand (2005). The Fountainhead, p.358, Penguin
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