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C.J. Cherryh quotes: I would suggest that you remember she is old because some of her enemies are dead.

I would suggest that you remember she is old because some of her enemies are dead.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: It is perfectly okay to write garbageas long as you edit brilliantly.

It is perfectly okay to write garbage
as long as you edit brilliantly.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Trust was a word you couldn't translate. But the atevi had fourteen words for betrayal.

Trust was a word you couldn't translate. But the atevi had fourteen words for betrayal.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: There was a certain wisdom in doing little, when one was obliged to act in ignorance.

There was a certain wisdom in doing little, when one was obliged to act in ignorance.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Rattle a lawyer's door and you get more lawyers.

Rattle a lawyer's door and you get more lawyers.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: He had no wish to be killed by a bogle in which he resolutely did not believe.

He had no wish to be killed by a bogle in which he resolutely did not believe.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Writing day and night for months ... that's hard.

Writing day and night for months ... that's hard.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Trouble didn't just come in threes: it gathered passengers as it went, and crashed nastily into bystanders.

Trouble didn't just come in threes: it gathered passengers as it went, and crashed nastily into bystanders.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Gods and Thunders!

Gods and Thunders!

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.

Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Not advisable is spread thickly over this entire situation.

Not advisable is spread thickly over this entire situation.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Jane leaned back against the counter and stared at the ceiling. At the traditional location of God, no matter what the planet.

Jane leaned back against the counter and stared at the ceiling. At the traditional location of God, no matter what the planet.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Baji-naji, nand' paidhi. Fortune has a human face and bastard Chance whores drunken down your streets.

Baji-naji, nand' paidhi. Fortune has a human face and bastard Chance whores drunken down your streets.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.

For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.

Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Oh, man,' Azdra'ik said. 'This is what our eldest saw. This is what our legends say. Who could know, but us?

Oh, man,' Azdra'ik said. 'This is what our eldest saw. This is what our legends say. Who could know, but us?

C.J. Cherryh quotes: I do not think any SFWA communication should come anywhere NEAR the internet.

I do not think any SFWA communication should come anywhere NEAR the internet.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Never start a war with something you can't talk to.

Never start a war with something you can't talk to.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: What we individually deserve isn't as much as what we collectively merit.

What we individually deserve isn't as much as what we collectively merit.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Their minds were geared to the old problems and to their own problems and their own politics.

Their minds were geared to the old problems and to their own problems and their own politics.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Intimidation needs response, bait needs biting. If you do neither, the attacker has nothing to build on.

Intimidation needs response, bait needs biting. If you do neither, the attacker has nothing to build on.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better.

Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.

I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: A fine lady she weren't, oh, but a damn fine woman and a brave one ...

A fine lady she weren't, oh, but a damn fine woman and a brave one ...

C.J. Cherryh quotes: A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.

A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: I couldn't yet see the limits of my life, but he could see the limits of his. His life was thin, and he had a hunger for recognition.

I couldn't yet see the limits of my life, but he could see the limits of his. His life was thin, and he had a hunger for recognition.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death.

If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Belief ... was its own magic-so long as it was carefully placed, often examined, like a bridge kept in careful repair.

Belief ... was its own magic-so long as it was carefully placed, often examined, like a bridge kept in careful repair.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Clark. Superman. She loved two men. It was extraordinary how alike and how different they were.-Lois Lane

Clark. Superman. She loved two men. It was extraordinary how alike and how different they were.-Lois Lane

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Were the seeds of next things always there, in the circle of the year, and was that how the world worked its miracles?

Were the seeds of next things always there, in the circle of the year, and was that how the world worked its miracles?

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!

Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!

C.J. Cherryh quotes: If I can make you angry ... I have passed your guard again. I have given you something to think about besides the Game

If I can make you angry ... I have passed your guard again. I have given you something to think about besides the Game

C.J. Cherryh quotes: When it is necessary to survive, then one cannot be brave anymore.

When it is necessary to survive, then one cannot be brave anymore.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Nothing's hopeless except never trying.

Nothing's hopeless except never trying.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: A bizarre hysteria, perhaps, that point which many reached here, when anger was all that mattered. It led to self-destruction.

A bizarre hysteria, perhaps, that point which many reached here, when anger was all that mattered. It led to self-destruction.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: You know its shape, since you have it. Give it up, and be paid. Or don't - and be paid, hani, be paid then too.

You know its shape, since you have it. Give it up, and be paid. Or don't - and be paid, hani, be paid then too.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Before is the only time you own, the only before you can trust is now, and you don't even know how long before is.

Before is the only time you own, the only before you can trust is now, and you don't even know how long before is.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Brains and sex fight each other to control your life, and thank God brains get a head start before sex comes along.

Brains and sex fight each other to control your life, and thank God brains get a head start before sex comes along.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Remember, constantly, that when you talk about 'tense of a subjunctive,' you're not talking about time. You're slipping through degrees of reality.

Remember, constantly, that when you talk about 'tense of a subjunctive,' you're not talking about time. You're slipping through degrees of reality.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Also, a foreign accent if at least intelligible can sound quite sexy.

Also, a foreign accent if at least intelligible can sound quite sexy.

C.J. Cherryh quotes: Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.

Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.