Book 3. (1 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 30 | 32 | View more quotes about otherwise">Otherwise I would be used as a weapon by Sarm, used to injure and destroy my friends. |
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 30 | 29 | "Treve," he said. |
| 30 | 30 | I closed my eyes. |
| 30 | 31 | It seemed to me that under the circumstances, while I was still my own master, I should perhaps slay myself. |
| 30 | 32 | Otherwise I would be used as a weapon by Sarm, used to injure and destroy my friends. |
| 30 | 33 | The thought of suicide has always horrified me, for life seems precious, and the mortal moments that one has, so brief a glimpse of the vistas of reality, it seems to me should be cherished, even though they might be lived in pain or sorrow. |
| 30 | 34 | But under the circumstances—it seemed that I should perhaps surrender the gift of life, for there are some things more precious than life, and were it not so I think that life itself would not be as precious as it is. |
| 30 | 35 | Kusk, who was a wise Priest-King and perhaps aware of the psychology of humans, turned to Parp. |
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"Treve," he said.
I closed my eyes.
It seemed to me that under the circumstances, while I was still my own master, I should perhaps slay myself.
Otherwise I would be used as a weapon by Sarm, used to injure and destroy my friends.
The thought of suicide has always horrified me, for life seems precious, and the mortal moments that one has, so brief a glimpse of the vistas of reality, it seems to me should be cherished, even though they might be lived in pain or sorrow.
But under the circumstances—it seemed that I should perhaps surrender the gift of life, for there are some things more precious than life, and were it not so I think that life itself would not be as precious as it is.
Kusk, who was a wise Priest-King and perhaps aware of the psychology of humans, turned to Parp.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor)