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Ayn Rand on Love

1905–1982 Russia

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7 quotes

One can't love man without hating most of the creatures who pretend to bear his name.

The Fountainhead (1943)

Some day, the world will discover that, without thought, there can be no love.

Apollo and Dionysus (1969)

To say 'I love you' one must know first how to say the 'I.

The Fountainhead (1943)

Love is our response to our highest values.

Atlas Shrugged (1957)

It is typical of today's culture that the proponents of seething, raging hostility are taken as advocates of love.

Apollo and Dionysus (1969)

The second handers offer substitutes for competence such as love, charm, kindness - easy substitutes - and there is no substitute for creation.

Journals of Ayn Rand (1997)

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.

Atlas Shrugged (1957)

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