Doesn't life require compromise?

The book I am reading for my Independent Study is called the Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand. It is an older and controversial book, originally published in 1964, that contains a collection of essays written by Rand and Nathaniel Branden, her professional associate.

"The next time you are tempted to ask: "Doesn't life require compromise?" translate that question into its actual meaning: "Doesn't life require the surrender of that which is true and good to that which is false and evil?" The answer is that that precisely is what life forbids-if one wishes to achieve anything but a stretch of tortured years spent in progressive self-destruction." (Rand 81)

Throughout the chapter, Rand attempts to convince the reader that there is no such thing as compromise because it involves the sacrifice of one's beliefs and a rational person would not do this. I disagree. I believe the idea of compromise is not to give up your ideals entirely, but adjust them according to what the other person believes. It is not the difference between good and evil. Good and evil is implying that one idea triumphs the other and that in turn reflects bias. I agree that by compromising good for evil the result will be partly evil, but it will also contain the same magnitude of good (assuming the compromise occurs halfway). Your beliefs are still taken into account, they are not disregarded when a compromise is made and the decision is not as self-destructive and conformitive as Rand states.