Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 38 | 126 | Some men accumulate and prepare more assiduously than View more quotes about others">others. |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 38 | 123 | I do not know, of course, if what soon occurred, which was not anticipated, would have eventuated as it did, if the master of the holding, this Bosk of Port Kar, had been present. |
| 38 | 124 | What if he had been present? Would things have turned out differently? How could one know? Some men look deeper into things than others. |
| 38 | 125 | Some men are more wary, more suspicious, than others. |
| 38 | 126 | Some men accumulate and prepare more assiduously than others. |
| 38 | 127 | And some men, when the twig snaps and the branch moves, when birds rise unexpectedly from the grass, when the calls of the marsh kite and the Vosk gull cease, are more attentive than others. |
| 38 | 128 | What might an unfamiliar scent or step portend? When an unseen hand casts the dice, who will read them first? Men differ. |
| 38 | 129 | How is one to conduct oneself, when the flames break out, when the earth trembles and shakes, when the predator appears? Men differ. |
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I do not know, of course, if what soon occurred, which was not anticipated, would have eventuated as it did, if the master of the holding, this Bosk of Port Kar, had been present.
What if he had been present? Would things have turned out differently? How could one know? Some men look deeper into things than others.
Some men are more wary, more suspicious, than others.
Some men accumulate and prepare more assiduously than others.
And some men, when the twig snaps and the branch moves, when birds rise unexpectedly from the grass, when the calls of the marsh kite and the Vosk gull cease, are more attentive than others.
What might an unfamiliar scent or step portend? When an unseen hand casts the dice, who will read them first? Men differ.
How is one to conduct oneself, when the flames break out, when the earth trembles and shakes, when the predator appears? Men differ.
- (Quarry of Gor)