Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 23 | 25 | He had done his View more quotes about best">best to make her feel shamed, inferior, and worthless. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 23 | 22 | Saru shook her head, pathetically, frightened. |
| 23 | 23 | I saw she was reluctant to approach Pertinax, which was not surprising, given certain occurrences of the preceding evening, near the stable. |
| 23 | 24 | She was well aware of the reproach with which he now viewed her. |
| 23 | 25 | He had done his best to make her feel shamed, inferior, and worthless. |
| 23 | 26 | And I feared he had succeeded in this endeavor, given the lingering effects of her Earth conditioning, a conditioning in virtue of which she remained poignantly vulnerable to such assaults. |
| 23 | 27 | How strange it is, I thought, that one should feel ashamed at being what one is, and wants to be, rather than at being what one is not, and does not wish to be. |
| 23 | 28 | It is interesting, I thought, that there are individuals who wish to impose their values, and even their miseries, insecurities, and fears, on others. |
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Saru shook her head, pathetically, frightened.
I saw she was reluctant to approach Pertinax, which was not surprising, given certain occurrences of the preceding evening, near the stable.
She was well aware of the reproach with which he now viewed her.
He had done his best to make her feel shamed, inferior, and worthless.
And I feared he had succeeded in this endeavor, given the lingering effects of her Earth conditioning, a conditioning in virtue of which she remained poignantly vulnerable to such assaults.
How strange it is, I thought, that one should feel ashamed at being what one is, and wants to be, rather than at being what one is not, and does not wish to be.
It is interesting, I thought, that there are individuals who wish to impose their values, and even their miseries, insecurities, and fears, on others.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)