Betrayer Quotes

“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.”
― C.J. Cherryh, Betrayer

“Machigi had been practicing the old Momentum theory of leadership: start a war, keep everyone facing the enemy—and avoid discussing domestic problems for another decade.”
― C.J. Cherryh, Betrayer

“The world was getting scary. That was the truth. And it was moving fast. And it wasn’t a good morning. Not at all.”
― C.J. Cherryh, Betrayer