List of C. J. Cherryh Quotes

Poisoning Rarely Happens In A Well-managed Kitchen.

I Do Not Think Any Sfwa Communication Should Come Anywhere Near The Internet.

A Year Of Ending And Beginning, A Year Of Loss And Finding... And All Of You Were With Me Through The Storm. I Drink Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Fortune For Long Years To Come, And I Hope For Many More Days In Which We Can Gather Like This.

Writing Day And Night For Months… That’s Hard.

Rattle A Lawyer's Door And You Get More Lawyers.

The Warrior May Fight For Gold Or For An Immediate Gain, Or For Something To Take Home For The Winter To Feed The Family. The Soldier Is Part Of A More Complex Society. He's Fighting For A Group Ethic Of Some Sort.

A Warrior Is Free To Be A Hero And Pull Off Daring Do And The Soldier Is Irresponsible If He Does It.

If You're Up Against A Smart Opponent, Make Him Think Himself To Death.

Change Happened And You Thought It Was Forever, And Immediately There Were All The Enemies Of That Change Making Common Cause And Meeting In The Cloakrooms.

Jane Leaned Back Against The Counter And Stared At The Ceiling. At The Traditional Location Of God, No Matter What The Planet.

Science Fiction Is A Dialogue, A Tennis Match, In Which The Idea Is Volleyed From One Side Of The Net To The Other. Ridiculous To Say That Someone 'stole' An Idea: No, No, A Thousand Times No. The Point Is The Volley, And How It's Carried, And What Statement Is Made By The Answering 'statement.' In Other Words — If Burroughs Initiates A Time-gate And Says It Works Randomly, And Then Norton Has Time Gates Confounded With The Perilous Seat, The Siege Perilous Of The Round Table, And Locates It In A Bar On A Rainy Night — Do You See Both The Humor And The Volley In The Tennis Match?

Inevitably The Party Trying To Resolve A Matter Had To Contend With The Party Most Willing To Exploit It.