It's because...you see, if we had souls, which we haven't, and if our …

Ayn Rand
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It's because...you see, if we had souls, which we haven't, and if our souls met--yours and mine--they'd fight to the death. But after they had torn each other to pieces, to the very bottom, they'd see that they had the same root. ✨ Ayn Rand (2009). We the Living, p.106, Penguin
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It's because...you see, if we had souls, which we haven't, and if our souls met--yours and mine--they'd fight to the death. But after they had torn each other to pieces, to the very bottom, they'd see that they had the same root. ✨ Ayn Rand (2009). We the Living, p.106, Penguin

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