Visitor Quotes

“Intimidation needs response, bait needs biting. If you do neither, the attacker has nothing to build on.”
― C.J. Cherryh, Visitor

“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.”
― C.J. Cherryh, Visitor

“God—had it happened? Was it true?
Had he just lost not only the words, but all the time between?
Or was this the greatest case of test anxiety in history?
God.”
― C.J. Cherryh, Visitor