“You see?” he said. “You just wanted me to tell you I was wrong.” “Well, of course,” Anne answered, and poked… — Harry Turtledove
“You see?” he said. “You just wanted me to tell you I was wrong.”
“Well, of course,” Anne answered, and poked him in the ribs. “What else does a woman want to hear from a man?”
“How about, ‘I love you’? How about, ‘You’re beautiful’?” Potter suggested.
“Those are nice, too,” she agreed with a smile. “As far as I’m concerned, though, nothing’s better than, ‘You were right.’”
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