Dialogue Grab #1
May 11th, 2008
I’m currently reading Ayn Rand’s We The Living and I would like to post the notables (according to me). That way I won’t forget the things I pick-up from her.
Taken from the second chapter:
“Frankly,” said Victor, “your attitude is slightly antisocial, Kira… we all have our duty to society to consider.”
“Exactly to whom is it that you owe a duty, Victor?”
“To society.”
“What is society?”
“Society, Kira, is a stupendous whole.”
“If you write a whole line of zeroes, it’s still - nothing.”
“I fear for your future, Kira,” said Victor. “It’s time to get reconciled to life. You won’t get far with those ideas of yours.”
“That,” said Kira, “depends on what direction I want to go.”
Need I say more?
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