Top 60 C. J. Cherryh Quotes (2024 Update)
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C. J. Cherryh Quote: “What we individually deserve isn’t as much as what we collectively merit.”

51. “What we individually deserve isn’t as much as what we collectively merit.”

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C. J. Cherryh Quote: “And she learned to do that, be very nice to people she knew quite well were the Enemy, and even like them sometimes: it didn’t mean you weren’t going to Get them, because they were bound to do something that would remind you what they were sooner or later.”

52. “And she learned to do that, be very nice to people she knew quite well were the Enemy, and even like them sometimes: it didn’t mean you weren’t going to Get them, because they were bound to do something that would remind you what they were sooner or later.”

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C. J. Cherryh Quote: “Tabini was at least canny enough in the differences between atevi and human to know that, gut level, he might think he understood – but chances were very good that he wouldn’t, couldn’t, and never would, unaided by the paidhi, come up with the right forecast of human behavior because he didn’t come with the right hardwiring. Average people didn’t analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.”

53. “Tabini was at least canny enough in the differences between atevi and human to know that, gut level, he might think he understood – but chances were very good that he wouldn’t, couldn’t, and never would, unaided by the paidhi, come up with the right forecast of human behavior because he didn’t come with the right hardwiring. Average people didn’t analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.”

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C. J. Cherryh Quote: “Trouble didn’t just come in threes: it gathered passengers as it went, and crashed nastily into bystanders.”

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

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

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

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C. J. Cherryh Quote: “There was a wicked man once who called a hatani. ‘Kill my neighbor,’ he said. ‘That’s not hatani business,’ the hatani said and went away. The wicked man found another hatani. ‘My life is wretched,’ the wicked man said. ‘I hate my neighbor. I want to see him die,’ ‘That is a hatani matter,’ the hatani said. ‘Do you give it into my hands?’ ‘Yes,’ the wicked man said. And the hatani struck him dead. Do you understand the solution?” Thorn.”

56. “There was a wicked man once who called a hatani. ‘Kill my neighbor,’ he said. ‘That’s not hatani business,’ the hatani said and went away. The wicked man found another hatani. ‘My life is wretched,’ the wicked man said. ‘I hate my neighbor. I want to see him die,’ ‘That is a hatani matter,’ the hatani said. ‘Do you give it into my hands?’ ‘Yes,’ the wicked man said. And the hatani struck him dead. Do you understand the solution?” Thorn.”

— C. J. Cherryh

C. J. Cherryh Quote: “Gods and Thunders!”

57. “Gods and Thunders!”

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C. J. Cherryh Quote: “Yes, aiji-ma.” “What is this agreement? You are most valuable when you argue, paidhi! Do not say yes to me!” “I shall most strenuously object when you are wrong, aiji-ma. You have been infallibly right at least this last hour.” “Ha.”

58. “Yes, aiji-ma.” “What is this agreement? You are most valuable when you argue, paidhi! Do not say yes to me!” “I shall most strenuously object when you are wrong, aiji-ma. You have been infallibly right at least this last hour.” “Ha.”

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C. J. Cherryh Quote: “But his political sense kept up a persistent itch that said: A, Given ignorance in the mix, stupidity was at least as common in politics as astute maneuvering; B, Crisis always drew insects; and, C, Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it.”

59. “But his political sense kept up a persistent itch that said: A, Given ignorance in the mix, stupidity was at least as common in politics as astute maneuvering; B, Crisis always drew insects; and, C, Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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C. J. Cherryh Quote: “Poisoning us,” Bren said, faced with what was a truly attractive service, and with the servants still in the room, “is a process of inconveniently many steps, though conservative of the furniture. One believes we may just have breakfast this morning, nadiin-ji.”

63. “Poisoning us,” Bren said, faced with what was a truly attractive service, and with the servants still in the room, “is a process of inconveniently many steps, though conservative of the furniture. One believes we may just have breakfast this morning, nadiin-ji.”

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C. J. Cherryh Quote: “Unquestioning believers who thought they questioned everything, unhearing believers who heard nothing that in the least degree questioned the tenets of their sacred quest toward a salvation they predetermined to exist.”

64. “Unquestioning believers who thought they questioned everything, unhearing believers who heard nothing that in the least degree questioned the tenets of their sacred quest toward a salvation they predetermined to exist.”

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C. J. Cherryh Quote: “He knew that he wielded magic as well as iron, and yet looked away from it, and made himself fables to explain his own presence in the world, and sought gods who might be more powerful than himself. It would be very comfortable if there were someone more powerful than himself, on this Road, on this particular morning, someone to guide him, even someone to blame...”

65. “He knew that he wielded magic as well as iron, and yet looked away from it, and made himself fables to explain his own presence in the world, and sought gods who might be more powerful than himself. It would be very comfortable if there were someone more powerful than himself, on this Road, on this particular morning, someone to guide him, even someone to blame...”

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C. J. Cherryh Quote: “Baiji was sweating. Visibly. And Ilisidi sat there with the smile of a guardian demon, staring straight at him, with Cenedi standing by her side.”

66. “Baiji was sweating. Visibly. And Ilisidi sat there with the smile of a guardian demon, staring straight at him, with Cenedi standing by her side.”

— C. J. Cherryh

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