“She was twelve years old when she told Eddie Willers
that she would run the railroad when they grew up.
She was fifteen when it occurred to her for the first time
that women did not run railroads and that people might object.
To hell with that, she thought—and never worried about it again.”
~ About Dagny Taggert
It’s not everyday I go out of my way to purchase AND read a book because Mr Tall-Dark-And-Handsome whom I met at some random party claimed it was his favourite book and insisted I should read it. But here we are.
Listen, I’m highly aware that this kind of literary venture could have gone very badly:
- It could have been a serious dud of a book, thus shattering all ill-placed-and-overly-exaggerated virtues I may have bestowed upon Mr Tall-Dark-And-Handsome;
- Reading said book could make me come across as a smidgen too eager *shrug*; and
- I would never be able to reclaim the many, many hours it took to get through the 1168 (!!!) pages that make up this book.
Thankfully, none of that happened. Read on and find out why.
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