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Echoes Quote by Ayn Rand

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“People want nothing but mirrors around them. To reflect them while they’re reflecting too ... Reflections of reflections and echoes of echoes. No beginning and no end. No center and no purpose.”

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There's not much left inside me, Max" Sometimes, all she heard were echoes.

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The past shouts at you, the ugly words or actions echo down across the years.

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