Hank Rearden: "'Why would you want it, if it's not the truth?' he asked. 'What for?'"

Lillian Rearden: "'Now you see, that's the cruelty of conscientious people. You wouldn't understand it---would you?---if I answered that real devotion consists of being willing to lie, cheat and fake in order to make another person happy---to create for him the ( Read more... )

"I am perfectly innocent, since I lost my money, since I lost all of my own money for a good cause. My motives were pure. I wanted nothing for myself. I've never sought anything for myself. Miss Taggart, I can proudly say that in all of my life I have never made a profit!"

Her voice was quiet, steady and solemn:

"Mr. Lawson, I think I should let you ( Read more... )

I have decided to put livejournal into good use. I am entrenched in and in love with "Atlas Shrugged" though I am merely 300 pages in with over 800 remaining. I have defiled this library book with stars marking importance, whole paragraphs underlined, and my own personal comments in the sidelines.

So I'm going to put my excitement into good use an ( Read more... )

Wesley: This is me taking control, from Sloan, from the fraternity, from Janis, billing reports, ergonomic keyboards, from cheating girlfriends and sack of shit best friends. This is me taking back control of my life.

What the fuck have you done lately?

Only boring people get bored. I am determined to not be a boring person. If that means being ( Read more... )

I love Jesus.

One of the most complex statements today.

I'm watching an episode of Oprah where Jim Carey is the guest talking about Horton Hears a Who. And Oprah repeats the line from the movie and from the Dr. Seuss book:

"A person's a person no matter how small."

This made me cry.
Am I PMS-ing?

It's like if a family member goes missing for a long time and the search parties have pretty much given up and you know logically that you will never see them again but there's a vivid part of you that is waiting for them to knock on the front door and come into your life again.

It's acceptance and it's anticipation.

And it's the anticipatin that ( Read more... )

This summer sucks so badly I want to cry ( Read more... )

So I have the DSM-IV (text revision), which is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition.

When I first watched Girl Interrupted, I researched Borderline Personality Disorder but didn't really understand it. The psychology world will admit to this being a very hard disorder to define. But reading this seemingly distinct ( Read more... )

Lucas: There comes a time when every life goes off course. In this desperate moment you must choose your direction. Will you fight to stay on the path while others tell you who you are? Or will you label yourself? Will you be honored by your choice? Or will you embrace your new path? Each morning you choose to move forward or to simply give up.

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