Romantic love is the most selfish of all emotions.

“True love is egoism à duex - egoism for two.”

— Ellen Kenner

“Saint Petersburg in revolt gave us Vladimir Nabokov, Isaiah Berlin, and Ayn Rand. The first was a novelist, the second a philosopher. The third…

— Corey Robin

“You want to know what's wrong with the world?" Dad paused. "It's this alienation that permeates every aspect of humanity.”

— Mark David Henderson

“Indifference to me, is the epitome of all evil.”

— Elie Wiesel

“To sum it all up, the [Ayn] Rand belief system looks like this: 1. Facts are facts: things can be absolutely right or absolutely…

— Matt Taibbi

“In his writings, particularly Life Force: The Creative Process in Man and in Nature (2004), Kelley expressed admiration for Ayn Rand and her “armored” heroes.”

— Laurence Galian

“Kelley also marked 1965 as a turning point for another profound reason. That year, he discovered the work of author Ayn Rand. She was…

— Laurence Galian

“I've wanted to want it. I should think it would be exciting to become a dissolute woman.”

— Ayn Rand

“In the history of philosophy, the term “rationalism” has two distinct meanings. In one sense, it signifies an unbreached commitment to reasoned thought in…

— Andrew Bernstein

“My Stephen King for his Ayn Rand. My Terry Goodkind for his T.S. Elliot. Not a bang but a whimper.”

— Shannon Celebi

“Live your life somewhere in between Ayn Rand and Mother Theresa. It's just as important to better yourself as it is to better others.”

— Gregor Collins

“At least two important conservative thinkers, Ayn Rand and Leo Strauss, were unbelievers or nonbelievers and in any case contemptuous of Christianity. I have…

— Christopher Hitchens

“But, in fact, a person's sexual choice is the result and sum of their fundamental convictions. Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive…

— Ayn Rand

“This is said to civilized men who are to venture into countries where sacred cows are fed, while children are left to starve -…

— Ayn Rand

“Observe the nature of today’s alleged peace movements. Professing love and concern for the survival of mankind, they keep screaming that the nuclear-weapons race…

— Ayn Rand