Roark smiled, Gail, if this boat were sinking, I'd give my life to sav…

Ayn Rand
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Roark smiled, Gail, if this boat were sinking, I'd give my life to save you. Not because it's any kind of duty. Only because I like you, for reasons and standards of my own. I could die for you. But I couldn't and wouldn't live for you. ✨ Ayn Rand (2005). The Fountainhead, p.580, Penguin
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Roark smiled, Gail, if this boat were sinking, I'd give my life to save you. Not because it's any kind of duty. Only because I like you, for reasons and standards of my own. I could die for you. But I couldn't and wouldn't live for you. ✨ Ayn Rand (2005). The Fountainhead, p.580, Penguin

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