Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 250 | "View more quotes about stand">Stand clear of the wings," shouted the Older Tarl. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 247 | It is a matter of blood and spirit, of beast and man, of a relation between two beings which must be immediate, intuitive, spontaneous. |
| 3 | 248 | It is said that a tarn knows who is a tarnsman and who is not, and that those who are not die in this first meeting. |
| 3 | 249 | My first impression was that of a rush of wind and a great snapping sound, as if a giant might be snapping an enormous towel or scarf; then I was cowering, awe-stricken, in a great winged shadow, and an immense tarn, his talons extended like gigantic steel hooks, his wings sputtering fiercely in the air, hung above me, motionless except for the beating of his wings. |
| 3 | 250 | "Stand clear of the wings," shouted the Older Tarl. |
| 3 | 251 | I needed no urging. |
| 3 | 252 | I darted from under the bird. |
| 3 | 253 | One stroke of those wings would hurl me yards from the top of the cylinder. |
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It is a matter of blood and spirit, of beast and man, of a relation between two beings which must be immediate, intuitive, spontaneous.
It is said that a tarn knows who is a tarnsman and who is not, and that those who are not die in this first meeting.
My first impression was that of a rush of wind and a great snapping sound, as if a giant might be snapping an enormous towel or scarf; then I was cowering, awe-stricken, in a great winged shadow, and an immense tarn, his talons extended like gigantic steel hooks, his wings sputtering fiercely in the air, hung above me, motionless except for the beating of his wings.
"Stand clear of the wings," shouted the Older Tarl.
I needed no urging.
I darted from under the bird.
One stroke of those wings would hurl me yards from the top of the cylinder.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)