They did ask, sometimes, and accepted my decision without argument. But I could see that they did not always… — Robert A. Heinlein
They did ask, sometimes, and accepted my decision without argument. But I could see that they did not always believe me. That pleased me; they were starting to think for themselves — didn’t matter if they were wrong.
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