Are you saying,” he asked slowly, “that I rose....

“ Are you saying,” he asked slowly, “that I rose in your estimation when you found that I wanted you?”“Of course.”“That’s not the reaction of most people to being wanted.”“It isn’t.”“Most people feel that they rise in their own eyes, if others want them.”“I feel that others live up to me, if they want me.... ”

Ayn Rand

From : Atlas Shrugged