Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 19 | 138 | That View more quotes about sort">sort of thing would be effective only once with a given player, but in swordplay once would be sufficient. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 135 | He seemed complacent. |
| 19 | 136 | "I can kill you," he said. |
| 19 | 137 | I supposed what he said was true, but it may have been a calculated remark, something to put the enemy off balance, like announcing an unseen mate in chess to provoke an opponent into making an unnecessary defensive move, causing him to lose the initiative. |
| 19 | 138 | That sort of thing would be effective only once with a given player, but in swordplay once would be sufficient. |
| 19 | 139 | I responded in kind, to taunt him. |
| 19 | 140 | "How is it that you can kill me if I do not turn my back?" I asked. |
| 19 | 141 | Somewhere within that inhumanly calm exterior there lay a vanity that must be vulnerable. |
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He seemed complacent.
"I can kill you," he said.
I supposed what he said was true, but it may have been a calculated remark, something to put the enemy off balance, like announcing an unseen mate in chess to provoke an opponent into making an unnecessary defensive move, causing him to lose the initiative.
That sort of thing would be effective only once with a given player, but in swordplay once would be sufficient.
I responded in kind, to taunt him.
"How is it that you can kill me if I do not turn my back?" I asked.
Somewhere within that inhumanly calm exterior there lay a vanity that must be vulnerable.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)