Due, deep respect to our two Cornerers, but as my comment prompted an implication by SB, I would like to expand on it a bit. Memoirs are selective, and usually balance veritas and considerations of justice and respect due to remembered associates. In re Rand/Brandens love affair, no doubt exists of mutual love. But male mate selection tells a story. NBs first two wives were very beautiful, mid-twenties (I dont know about later one(s?). If your idol, mentor and de facto employer, wants you sexually, imo you would respond, but probably not make initial advances yourself.