Ayn Rand: "Lihat, Gail. "Roark bangkit, mengulurkan tangan, merob...

"Lihat, Gail. "Roark bangkit, mengulurkan tangan, merobek ranting pohon yang tebal, memegangnya dengan kedua tangan, satu kepalan tangan ditutup di setiap ujung; kemudian, pergelangan tangan dan buku-buku jarinya menekuk perlawanan, dia membungkuk cabang itu perlahan ke busur. "Sekarang saya bisa membuat apa yang saya inginkan: busur, tombak, tongkat, pagar. Itulah makna hidup. "" Kekuatan Anda? "" Pekerjaan Anda. "Dia membuang cabang itu." Bahan yang ditawarkan bumi dan apa yang Anda hasilkan darinya. . ."

--- Ayn Rand

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Look, Gail." Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed at each end; then, his wrists and knuckles tensed against the resistance, he bent the branch slowly into an arc. "Now I can make what I want of it: a bow, a spear, a cane, a railing. That's the meaning of life." "Your strength?" "Your work." He tossed the branch aside. "The material the earth offers you and what you make of it . . .