>>>And then you have Ayn Rand and her character Ragnar Danneskjold - one of the most unsung heroes of literature :) > >Followed only by John Galt himself, whose monolog capability is without parallel to this day, even by Castro. ;-)
Danneskjold's speech to Henry Readen when he return all the money that had been seized by Readen nearly brought tears to my eyes, it was so moving.
And for Bill, amidst all the long speeches in Atlas (and I'll grant they get winded), she often saved the best for her female characters:
