--- title: "1 Think Understood Quotes By C.J. Cherryh" description: "1 Think Understood quotes by C.J. Cherryh. Plus more from C.J. Cherryh and more Think Understood sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/c-j-cherryh-24186_cross-cultural-under_tabini-was-at-least-canny-enough-in-the_648830.jpg" --- > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/tabini-was-at-least-canny-enough-in-the-differences-between-atevi-and/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/c-j-cherryh-24186_cross-cultural-under_tabini-was-at-least-canny-enough-in-the_648830.jpg) ## More by C.J. Cherryh > [“But there was someone she knew who could speak with a special knowledge on the Cross-Lexcorp controversy. Someone she’d rather not deal with. Someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/but-there-was-someone-she-knew-who-could-speak-with-a-special/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“It was a monumental achievement that the serpentine tc'a had once upon a time gotten the knnn to understand the concept of trade: so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/it-was-a-monumental-achievement-that-the-serpentine-tc-a-had-once/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“What you need Lois, is a man. All your artistic brilliance, wasted, toiling away in the sordid day-to-day of White’s little paper empire. Reporting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/what-you-need-lois-is-a-man-all-your-artistic-brilliance-wasted/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“Flying was no cure for want of sleep. The brain wanted time to recycle: when it became all one long, uninterrupted day, the ability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/flying-was-no-cure-for-want-of-sleep-the-brain-wanted-time-to-recycle/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“But his political sense kept up a persistent itch that said: A, Given ignorance in the mix, stupidity was at least as common in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/but-his-political-sense-kept-up-a-persistent-itch-that-said-a-given/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“Tabini was at least canny enough in the differences between atevi and human to know that, gut level, he might think he understood -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/tabini-was-at-least-canny-enough-in-the-differences-between-atevi-and/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“There was love, a reliable and real love grown in a handful of days, and Tristan did not know why it was: friendship had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/there-was-love-a-reliable-and-real-love-grown-in-a-handful-of-days/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“Gods and Thunders!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/gods-and-thunders/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“Oh, man,' Azdra'ik said. 'This is what our eldest saw. This is what our legends say. Who could know, but us?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/oh-man-azdra-ik-said-this-is-what-our-eldest-saw-this-is-what-our/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“Not advisable is spread thickly over this entire situation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/not-advisable-is-spread-thickly-over-this-entire-situation/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“I'm not a person who stands still well. But the the earth is always in motion, and I like keeping up with it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/i-m-not-a-person-who-stands-still-well-but-the-the-earth-is-always-in/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“Lois. Oh… no. Lois. Dinner. His name … be it Clark Kent or Superman …was mud. –Clark Kent”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/lois-oh-no-lois-dinner-his-name-be-it-clark-kent-or-superman-was-mud/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“Before is the only time you own, the only before you can trust is now, and you don’t even know how long before is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/before-is-the-only-time-you-own-the-only-before-you-can-trust-is-now/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“If your fiancé tended to come sailing in windows without notice, you didn’t have extra time to run and gather up messes. She dropped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/if-your-fianc-tended-to-come-sailing-in-windows-without-notice-you/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) > [“Women did such things and went on doing them while the sun died because in all of women's lives there were so many moments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/women-did-such-things-and-went-on-doing-them-while-the-sun-died/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-understood/c-j-cherryh/#itemlist", "name": "1 Think Understood Quotes By C.J. 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