Organization: smooth and relentless; Organization: massive and inert, tolerant of the submissive, serenely cruel to the unbeliever… - Jack Vance

“Do you still think I’m crazy?”
Her glance went to his left shoulder. “I’m not well enough acquainted with the norm of your people to judge.”
Barch rose to his feet. He said thickly, “About ten more minutes of double talk, I actually would be crazy.”

For many years my nerves were like electric wires. Then I discovered the first axiom of human accord: I accept each person on his own terms. I keep a close tongue in my head; I offer opinions only when so solicited. What a remarkable change! Dissension vanishes, novel facts emerge, digestion flows like a wide river.

The merchant voiced an inarticulate protest. Glystra glared at him, “Do you think I trust you?”
“Trust?” said the merchant with a puzzled expression. “Trust? What word is that?” And he tested it several times more.