Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 191 | With my flashlight I examined it. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 188 | Who View more quotes about knew">knew the nature of the things or forces that were afoot that night in the mountains, things and forces that might perhaps smash me, casually, as one innocently steps on an insect without being aware of it or caring? I still had the compass, and that constituted a firm link to reality. |
| 1 | 189 | The silent but intense explosion of the envelope into flames had caused me momentarily to become confused—that and the sudden return to the darkness from the hideous glaring light of the disintegrating envelope. |
| 1 | 190 | My compass would get me out. |
| 1 | 191 | With my flashlight I examined it. |
| 1 | 192 | As the thin, sharp beam struck the face of the compass, my heart stopped. |
| 1 | 193 | The needle was spinning crazily, and oscillating backward and forward, as if the laws of nature had suddenly been abridged in its vicinity. |
| 1 | 194 | For the first time since I had opened the envelope, I began to lose my control. |
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Who knew the nature of the things or forces that were afoot that night in the mountains, things and forces that might perhaps smash me, casually, as one innocently steps on an insect without being aware of it or caring? I still had the compass, and that constituted a firm link to reality.
The silent but intense explosion of the envelope into flames had caused me momentarily to become confused—that and the sudden return to the darkness from the hideous glaring light of the disintegrating envelope.
My compass would get me out.
With my flashlight I examined it.
As the thin, sharp beam struck the face of the compass, my heart stopped.
The needle was spinning crazily, and oscillating backward and forward, as if the laws of nature had suddenly been abridged in its vicinity.
For the first time since I had opened the envelope, I began to lose my control.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)