Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 263 | I View more quotes about think">think that perhaps one is old only when one has lost the desire to know. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 260 | Such stories, for they were very old on Gor, probably go back thousands of years, dating from the times of very early Voyages of Acquisition, undertaken by venturesome, inquisitive creatures of an alien species, one known to most Goreans only as the Priest-Kings. |
| 1 | 261 | To be sure, few Priest-Kings, now, entertained such a curiosity nor such an enthusiastic penchant for exploration and adventure. |
| 1 | 262 | Now, the Priest-Kings, I feared, had become old. |
| 1 | 263 | I think that perhaps one is old only when one has lost the desire to know. |
| 1 | 264 | Not until one has lost one's curiosity, and concern, can one be said to be truly old. |
| 1 | 265 | I had two friends, in particular, who were Priest-Kings, Misk, and Kusk. |
| 1 | 266 | I did not think that they, in this sense, could ever grow old. |
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Such stories, for they were very old on Gor, probably go back thousands of years, dating from the times of very early Voyages of Acquisition, undertaken by venturesome, inquisitive creatures of an alien species, one known to most Goreans only as the Priest-Kings.
To be sure, few Priest-Kings, now, entertained such a curiosity nor such an enthusiastic penchant for exploration and adventure.
Now, the Priest-Kings, I feared, had become old.
I think that perhaps one is old only when one has lost the desire to know.
Not until one has lost one's curiosity, and concern, can one be said to be truly old.
I had two friends, in particular, who were Priest-Kings, Misk, and Kusk.
I did not think that they, in this sense, could ever grow old.
- (Savages of Gor)