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1 " Why had we let it go? Why had we both been condemned...to an exile among dreary strangers who had made us give up all desire for rest, for friendship, for the sound of human voices? Could I now reclaim a single hour spent talking to my brother, Philip, and give it to Ken Daggart? Who made it our duty to accept, as the only reward for our work, the gray torture of pretending love for those who roused nothing but contempt? "
― Ayn Rand , Atlas Shrugged
2 " There are times when life seems like a struggle where the only reward you get for hanging on is the chance to struggle some more. "
― Michael Marshall Smith , One of Us
3 " Monotony is the only reward of the cautious "