“Talking with a Martian is something like talking with an echo. You don't get any argument but you don't get results either.”
“When you want to talk about honor, they want to talk about money. When you want to talk about money, they want to talk about gentility. They either get the notion of honor or they don't. And if they don't, you probably shouldn't be fucking with them.”
“[Grace talking to Billy.] "It's like people who want to feel only happy but not sad," she said. "It never works. You either feel things or you don't. You don't get to pick and choose. At least, I don't think so.”
“You don't have to echo my feelings, Mencheres, but you can't talk me out of them either. I love you" Her smile was wry. "Deal with it.”
“You know women when they get talking. They don't stop for anything but unconsciousness.”
“When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.”