Andrei, did you like the opera? Not particularly. Andrei, do you see w…

Ayn Rand
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Andrei, did you like the opera? Not particularly. Andrei, do you see what you're missing? I don't think I do, Kira. It's all rather silly. And useless. Can't you enjoy things that are useless, merely because they are beautiful? No. But I enjoyed it. The music? No. The way you listened to it. ✨ Ayn Rand (2009). We the Living, p.88, Penguin
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