Steve Coltrin <spcoltri@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>gfitzger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Garrett Fitzgerald) writes:
>
>> I remembered a line about apologizing when you were correct, and tried
>> to Google it. I couldn't find a reference to the quote itself, but
>> found where someone had lifted it wholesale for their fanfic.
>>
>>>...what do you do if you've had a fight with someone and they're
>>>incredibly wrong and you're right?'
>>>
>>>'Apologize immediately.'
Diane Duane, _The Wizard's Dilemma_. (I knew who the author was, and
confirmed the quote by searching in the book with Amazon.)
>"And another [ingredient for a happy marriage]--In a family argument,
>if it turns out you are right--apologize at once!"
>
>"'The Notebooks of Lazarus Long", from Heinlein's _Time Enough for Love_.
Possibly Duane's character was deliberately quoting Heinlein, then.
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