Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the …

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Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.817, Hamilton Books
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Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.817, Hamilton Books

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