In September 1946, Reader’s Digest quoted from The Fountainhead: “She was only a shell containing the opinions of her friends.”
August 27, 1946
Patter Editor
The Reader’s Digest
Pleasantville, New York
Dear Patter Editor:
Thanks for quoting me in your “Picturesque Speech and Patter” department in your September issue. I am always glad to see myself in The Reader’s Digest.
I also read page 63; so don’t you owe me five bucks, or is it twenty-five now?
Sincerely,
Ayn Rand
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