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People ask where writers get ideas.
Take my advice. Some cool, clear night, drive to a country place where city lights don’t block your view. Turn off the car lights. Get out and look up. And see our real neighborhood.

— C. J. Cherryh Downbelow Station (1981)

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

The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh (2004)

Things whispered here, and the trees muttered with the wind and perhaps with other things. Men knew the place was old, old as the world, and they never made peace with it.

Arafel's Saga (1983)

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

Chanur's Legacy (1992)

Poisoning rarely happens in a well-managed kitchen.

Pretender (2005)

At this point I ceased argument with Lt. Goforth and shot him in the belly.

Downbelow Station (1981)

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