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Subtle

Book 1. (2 results) Tarnsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	50	Accordingly, for subtle communication or the fullest expression of thought, the machine was inferior to a skilled linguist.	10
6	175	The dominant colors of her Robes of Concealment were subtle reds, yellows, and purples, arrayed in intricate, overlapping folds.	10

Book 2. (2 results) Outlaw of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	122	Perhaps it was something in her carriage, something subtle and graceful, something which could not be concealed by the dejected cast of her shoulders, her slow gait and apparent exhaustion, no, not even by the coarse heavy robes she wore.	10
22	167	Yet as the status of these women became more ennobled and less clearly defined the subtle tensions of dominance and submission, instinctual throughout the animal world, tended to assert themselves.	10

Book 3. (2 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	40	It is, incidentally, a beautiful language; it can be as subtle as Greek; as direct as Latin; as expressive as Russian; as rich as English; as forceful as German.	10
28	178	What sensory data might escape the antennae might well be discovered by the sharp-eyed human, and what subtle scent might escape the human senses would likely be easily picked up by the Priest-King in the group.	10

Book 4. (5 results) Nomads of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	102	I tried to explain to Kamchak that her old world had not prepared her for these things, for the slaveries of her old world are of a different kind, more subtle and invisible, thought by some not even to exist.	10
8	487	Her skills must be subtle, her timing marvelous.	10
13	175	I gathered that reading the signs was a subtle business, calling for sophisticated interpretation and the utmost delicacy and judgment.	10
17	73	The rhythm of the steam seemed to increase in tempo and I could now detect, or thought I could, more than simple moisture in that steam, perhaps some other subtle gas or fume, perhaps hitherto unnoticed but now increasing in its volume.	10
19	35	I knew that the clusters of flowers which, cluster upon cluster, graced those linear, hanging stems, would each be a bouquet in itself, for the trees are so bred that the clustered flowers emerge in subtle, delicate patterns of shades and hues.	10

Book 5. (12 results) Assassin of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	36	They are men who commonly have an extraordinary aptitude for the game but beyond this men who have become drunk on it, men lost in the subtle, abstract liquors of variation, pattern and victory, men who live for the game, who want it and need it as other men might want gold, or others power and wome...	10
6	116	The true dancing girl, who has a great aptitude for such matters, and years of experience, is a marvel to behold, for she seems always different, subtle and surprising.	10
9	105	On the other hand, sometimes the matter is much more subtle and sinister.	10
11	324	The primary differences, I suspect, to which Virginia Kent was reacting, were subtle and psychological.	10
12	212	Watching us was a woman in Pleasure Silk, of remarkable beauty, yet with a certain subtle hardness and contempt about her.	10
15	173	The conditioning, of course, was subtle, as well as gross, being a combination not simply of torment and reward, but including the intended inculcation of an image and understanding of themselves as well.	10
15	182	In the third week, the education became somewhat more subtle and Flaminius visited the girls for their training hours, and discussed, with ingenious subtlety, first in English and then in Gorean, certain views of history, of natural right, of orders of human beings and of relations among the sexes.	10
15	191	Elizabeth would sometimes, in these weeks, come back to the compartment and relate, with amusement, the subtle exchanges between Phyllis and Flaminius.	10
15	192	In her opinion, and perhaps rightly, the positions of both were subtle combinations of truths and half-truths; Phyllis seemed to regard men and women as unimportant differentiations off a sexless, neuter stock, whereas Flaminius argued for a position in which women were hardly to be recognized as be...	10
15	194	At any rate, to my satisfaction, but Elizabeth's irritation, Flaminius commonly had the best of these exchanges, producing incredibly subtle, complex arguments, quoting supposedly objectively conducted studies by the Caste of Physicians, statistics, the results of tests, and what not.	10
17	747	We played yet another Ahn and, even in that short amount of time, her moves had become more exact, more subtle, more powerful.	10
21	220	There are others more learned than I, others doubtless shrewder and more subtle, others before whom, for their many talents, I stand in awe.	10

Book 7. (7 results) Captive of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	1248	But many are more subtle, tiny, almost indiscernible movements, which yet, in their total effect, brand a female body as being incredibly sensuous, things like a way of glancing, a way of holding the head, subtle things like the almost invisible, sudden flexion of the diaphragm, the tiny fear moveme...	10
7	440	Desirability is a function of many factors, many of them subtle.	10
7	452	Such duties are subtle, demanding, numerous and intricate.	10
10	228	She must, at so little as the least word or gesture, provide subtle, lengthy and complex delights, gratifications and pleasures to a master, rendering him services in her bondage of which a free woman could not even conceive".	10
11	594	I found it necessary now to apply my full attention and intelligence to master the increasingly subtle and intricate skills of the female slave.	10
11	625	There are dozens of subtle movements, tiny things, almost indiscernible, but which one notices, almost without noticing, about the movements of a slave girl, things which, cumulatively, distinguish, and very obviously, her movements from those of a free woman.	10
11	1245	We had had trained into our bodies mysteries of movements of which even we, for the most part, were no longer aware, subtle signals of appetite, of passion and of obedience to a masculine touch, movements which excited the fierce jealousy, the hatred, of free women, particularly ignorant free women,...	10

Book 8. (6 results) Hunters of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	166	"If you will observe," said Marlenus, who had studied thousands of women, "she seems ready, even marvelous, but yet there is a subtle unreadiness, a subtle stiffness in her body.	10
6	58	Even in the flickering light I could see the beautiful mottlings on her body, on the sides of her breasts and body, red and white, still rich and subtle in her hot, blood-charged skin.	10
10	216	I had thought that her face was expressionless, but, as I, too, studied it, looking upon it with great attention and care, I saw that it was marvelous and changing and subtle.	10
11	694	The difference, subtle and interesting, had been accomplished in the enslavement of the afternoon.	10
14	321	I owed him nothing, except perhaps a vengeance for a thousand slights and diminishments, for a thousand unintended, subtle defeats felt at his hands.	10
15	35	As I touched her, I had noted a subtle stiffness about her belly and shoulders, not uncommon in an Earth girl.	10

Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	235	I saw again those marvelous green eyes, those lips, luscious, perfect for crushing beneath a warrior's mouth and teeth, the subtle complexion, olive.	10
1	517	"There is a subtle contaminant in the wounds," he said.	10
1	522	"Poison, I think," said he, "perhaps a subtle toxin, coated on a blade, thus entered into a wound".	10
2	90	Their education, generally, is of little obvious practical value, with its attention to authorized exegeses of dubious, difficult texts, purporting to be revelations of Priest-Kings, the details and observances of their own calendars, their interminable, involved rituals, and so on, but, paradoxical...	10
8	11	My accent might not have fooled one of Ar, but it was not bad, and to those not often accustomed to the swift, subtle liquidity of the speech of Ar, melodious yet expressive, it was more than adequate.	10
10	371	The subtle tensions of dominance and submission, universal in the animal world, remain ineradicably in our blood; they may be thwarted and frustrated but, thwarted and frustrated, they will remain.	10
13	311	Her robes were marvelously wrought, subtle, soft, seeming almost in their sheens, like the jewels, to shift their colors in the light of the lamps and the flickering torches.	10

Book 10. (10 results) Tribesmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	62	Like most others she had been acculturated in a thousand subtle ways to minimize, to conceal and deny the natural, organic sweetnesses of her musculature and structure, conditioned into a dignified, formal physical neutership, the stiffness, reserve and tightness so much approved of in females in a ...	10
1	546	The point of this is that the senses and body of the slave, stripped save for brand and collar, and whatever perfumes, cosmetics or jewelries she may wear under the instruction of her trainer, are being taught to be alive, to sense and feel with great sensitivity; the senses and skins of many human ...	10
1	548	The skin itself, in a trained girl, becomes an extensive, glorious, marvelously subtle sensory organ.	10
2	456	Her body stiffened, and she shut her eyes, as his hands, those of a Gorean flesh appraiser, informed, sensitive, professional, proficient, made swift assessment of the textures of her skin, varying at different points on the body, the tensilities of her musculature, the varying softness and firmness...	10
4	178	The process of teaching, unconscious, subtle, pervasive, is too effective.	10
8	28	There was little chance of picking up a subtle trail by moonlight.	10
8	165	Far off I could see a subtle, almost invisible lifting of dust.	10
11	458	Hassan's fingers, on the table, had caught the subtle vibration.	10
13	161	The man shrugged, a Tahari shrug, tiny, subtle, like a swift smile, acknowledging the compliment of Hassan.	10
13	293	She wore a golden metal dancing collar about her throat, golden chains looped from her wrists, gracefully to the collar ring, then fell to her ankles; there are varieties of Tahari dancing chains; she wore the oval and collar; briefly, in readying a girl, after she has been belled and silked, and ba...	10

Book 11. (13 results) Slave Girl of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	144	There seemed a subtle difference in my body weight, my movements.	10
1	194	I knew then what must be the explanation for the difference in the feelings in my body, the explanation for the sense of subtle kinesthetic differences in my movements.	10
2	276	These differences were subtle to me, but to those who could read them perhaps acutely significant.	10
2	511	In a swift, though measured fashion, he had exercised himself, sharply and well, respecting his foe, not permitting the foe to understand his full power with the blade, the devastating and subtle skill which now seemed to lend terrible flight to the rapid steel.	10
2	961	A girl, incidentally, in the position of the Gorean pleasure slave, but who is not being kept in the position as a discipline, in which case she remains rigid, is allowed much subtle latitude, which she exploits, without breaking the position.	10
2	964	Even within the apparent restraint of the position of the pleasure slave a girl's body can be a subtle, provocative melody of motion.	10
3	78	But mostly I suspect I was found wanting in subtle psychological dimensions, available to the acute observer as a consequence of almost subliminal cues.	10
7	1014	She was surely more beautiful than I, but in such matters there are rightnesses which are reciprocal and subtle; it is rather like the matching together of pieces in a puzzle, the startling, unexpected fitting together of components, yielding a whole which is, in its wholeness, more precious than th...	10
9	859	"That is a subtle slave brand, I take it," he said.	10
20	134	When I had first been sent to the wharves, some weeks ago, my wrists had been braceleted behind me, and I had been accompanied by other girls; later I had been permitted to go alone, my wrists still locked behind my back; later I had been permitted to go alone to the wharves in wrist rings and chain...	10
25	153	"Could the enemy be so subtle?" asked Samos.	10
28	21	You smile, you turn, you walk, you lift your arms, you kneel, you lie upon your back at the auctioneer's feet, your knee lifted, your arms over your head as though braceleted, you roll to your stomach, you look up at him, over your shoulder; you respond to him, instantly, setting forth for the view ...	10
28	74	I sensed a tremor, sudden, subtle, in the chain.	10

Book 12. (13 results) Beasts of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
23	339	When she tries to lie there is a fear involved and this fear, in subtle ways, in subtle drawings back, in tensenesses, is manifested in her beautiful body, proclaiming it that of a liar.	10
1	89	Sex in a woman is a very subtle and profound thing; she is capable of deep and sustained pleasures which might be the envy of any vital organism.	10
1	95	The correct treatment of a female, which is only possible to administer to a girl who is owned, is adjusted to her needs, and is complex and subtle.	10
2	358	Some would see this as superstition; others sense that there is some sort of an inexplicable reality which is here involved, a difficult and subtle reality which the man of the sea can somehow sense, but which he cannot, and perhaps should not, attempt to explain to the satisfaction of men other tha...	10
4	220	He might need this time later, when in the middle game he was defending himself against the onslaughts and combinations of Scormus or in the end game, where the contest's outcome might well hang upon a single, subtle, delicate move on a board almost freed of pieces.	10
4	288	He could have done what he did more subtly, a delicate, pretended miscalculation somewhere between the fortieth and fiftieth move, a pretended misjudgment so subtle that even members of the caste of players would never be certain whether or not it was deliberate, but he had not chosen to do so.	10
8	110	Women are rich, and subtle, and marvelous".	10
17	27	Yet to a subtle eye there are slight differences.	10
23	336	This, for subtle and subjective reasons, having to do with psychology, makes it hard for her, when she is fully exposed to his scrutiny, to lie convincingly.	10
27	186	In the lights in the sky, in those shimmering, subtle, shifting streaks and curtains of light, mostly yellowish green, some hundreds of miles in height, clearly portrayed, though it was for a moment only, was the gigantic, hideous visage of a Kur.	10
28	27	I had never seen her before in the beautiful, subtle cosmetics of the Gorean slave girl.	10
29	61	The recognition and comprehension of a detail, sometimes subtle, can sometimes make a difference between life and death.	10
37	5	Behind us, in the winter sky, looming, streaming hundreds of pasangs upward into the sky, shimmering and flickering, extended vast, subtle curtains of chromatic lights, yellows, and pinks and reds.	10

Book 13. (12 results) Explorers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	422	What a subtle thing is a woman's beauty.	10
6	491	I saw her body suffuse with a subtle pleasure, that she had been ordered to silence.	10
6	502	Already I could see many signs, some subtle and some quite obvious, that the secret slave, which lurks in every woman, had begun to sense, fearfully, excitedly, that she had been brought to a world on which she might perhaps be free at last to emerge; had the chains been removed; she lifted her wris...	10
12	53	"How difficult and subtle are the natures of men," he mused.	10
12	314	Again I saw a small movement in her body, a tremor, subtle.	10
24	231	Then, because of the subtle movement of the water, I saw them.	10
27	146	He had, I conjectured, made a serious mistake, a misjudgment surprising in one of so subtle a mind.	10
32	399	These movements, and bodily attitudes and postures, subtle and beautiful, difficult to fully disguise, have betrayed more than one slave beauty who, disguised as a free woman, has sought to flee a city.	10
32	1060	It reveals, well, the roundness of her belly and, low at the hips, the beginning of subtle love curves.	10
34	614	How dangerous you are, how lusciously subtle and cunning! You are woman, the beauty, the temptress.	10
51	101	Her lips, too, may be rouged and she may be forced to kiss the papers, this signifying not only her reverence of them but supplying an additional means by which, because of the subtle, delicate differences among the lips of slaves, she can be identified.	10
51	107	The brief garments of the female slave identify her instantly as slave, comply with recommendations of Merchant Law, brazenly display her flesh which is that of an animal for the delectation of free men, impress upon her her lowly status, and, interestingly, keep her in a state of sexual readiness, ...	10

Book 14. (3 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	280	There was something about her, subtle, in her breathing and body tone, which I could not place at the time.	10
7	475	Balances are so delicate, and the weathers of love can be subtle in their seasons.	10
16	107	There is thus, on Gor, a subtle and complex variety of slave perfumes available, exciting, provocative, sensuous and unmistakable.	10

Book 15. (7 results) Rogue of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	340	Is it not the fairest and the most fascinating who are harvested for the slave pits of this world, who are found worthy of the collar!" There was much in what she said, but the professional criteria used in such matters were more complex, more subtle, than she seemed to realize.	10
21	290	Too, of course, her slavery and her sexuality is impressed upon her in a thousand, subtle ways.	10
22	117	How powerful are the forces of socialization! How rare the individual who has the intelligence and strength to examine inflicted orthodoxies! How few can detect the subtle encompassing walls, let alone break or scale them.	10
23	153	This is particularly true with the subtle differences, and dimensions and increments, which tend to divide masters.	10
23	269	There was a subtle shading of blue on her upper eyelids.	10
25	6	The rustle of the slave bells locked on her left ankle was subtle and sensual.	10
33	67	It was almost as though he, personally, in some subtle way, had been betrayed.	10

Book 16. (12 results) Guardsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
17	399	"Perhaps there are no such things as duties, and rights," she said, "perhaps there are only the words, used as the instruments of manipulative rhetorics, devices of conditioning, cheaper and more subtle than guns and whips".	10
17	914	There are a variety of reasons for this, but most are subtle, and have to do less with physiognomy, less with face and figure, than with appetition, passion, sensitivity, emotional liberation, the natural fulfillments of needs, and such.	10
19	379	It would not do for her for them to know that she, that lofty creature—mysterious in her robes and veils, perhaps known to them only as a proud slut being regally borne in a curtained palanquin, or as a shy, gentle creature absorbed in perusing scrolls in a library, or as a mere figure attend...	10
19	1000	Doubtless sexual selections, genetic coding, female needs, the long, sweet, mysterious, dark currents of evolution, figure into these subtle and arcane matters.	10
20	60	Even had she striven to do so I think that small expressions and subtle movements would have betrayed her, to the detriment of the type of dance which she was supposed to be performing.	10
20	272	The Gorean's concept of entertainment is perhaps simpler, or more subtle or broader, than is that, doubtless, of many individuals in many other cultures.	10
20	283	That seemed a delightful and subtle touch.	10
20	314	How could it be made more clear to her, that she is his to do with as he pleases, than when she actually wears his chain? It is difficult to describe the subtle and exquisite emotions, so profound, and helpless and feminine, which may be felt by the chained woman.	10
20	1023	In such displays there can be, though there often is not, a subtle psychological distinction, detectable in the behavior, between the merchandise, so to speak, and the girl who is displaying herself as merchandise.	10
20	1496	There are a thousand subtle ways in which she can call herself to his attention, even without seeming to do so.	10
20	1589	How could free women forgive them that? Why cannot a man see that they are nothing, only despicable sluts? Why should he prefer such an appetitious, shapely thing, a mere animal and property, obedient and submissive, desperately needful and helplessly sensual, fearing his whip, hoping to please him ...	10
21	879	I recalled that I had suspected, from certain subtle cues, and silences, that she had not fully expressed herself to me on that occasion.	10

Book 17. (13 results) Savages of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	118	The brushing of the sides of the girl's neck by the dangling ornament is, in itself, a delicate stimulation of a sensitive area of her body, the sides of her neck beneath the ears; this area is quite sensitive to light touches; if the earring is of more than one piece, the tiny sounds made by it, to...	10
1	787	They are wise, but even they hesitate to tamper with precise and subtle systems which have taken over four billion years to develop.	10
2	201	"These issues," said Samos, "are subtle and complex".	10
7	61	Subtle differences in the styles of collars, and in the knots with which they are fastened on the girls' necks, differentiate the tribes.	10
11	227	That is a subtle point.	10
13	386	The matter was surely subtle.	10
13	864	It was subtle.	10
13	1053	A free woman might, possibly, feel that she had betrayed herself, in this sense, if she had so yielded to a man as to supply him with some perhaps subtle hint as to the latency of her slave reflexes.	10
13	1177	Your stripping, particularly as it was done by a man, or at the command of a man, should put you in touch with certain female realities, such as your beauty, and its softness, and its subjectability to male domination; it should also, through exposure, and through various, subtle skin stimulations, ...	10
17	347	This revelation becomes manifest through subtle behavioral cues, usually physical, but sometimes verbal, as well.	10
17	353	In the beginning, incidentally, the cues which reveal slavery in a woman can sometimes be subtle.	10
17	775	Indeed, I thought to myself, how much the red savages must hate the soldiers, and those with them, and how subtle and insidious they had been.	10
18	205	There seemed a subtle menace in this leisured advance, in this time and in this place.	10

Book 18. (8 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	243	It is, moreover, the word for the dress of a white woman and, in this, given the contempt in which the proud red savages hold white females, commonly reducing them to fearful, groveling slaves, utilizing them as little more than beasts of burden and ministrants to their will, in all respects, it pos...	10
7	537	There seemed now a subtle anger in his movements.	10
13	67	Female beauty, it is recognized, is a complex and subtle thing, lovely and rich in its almost countless variations.	10
14	121	"And it is not even a subtle or plausible lie.	10
16	176	Their sexual life, and feelings, are subtle, complex and deep.	10
33	318	How subtle and deep was the intelligence of women, I thought.	10
34	328	The subtle touch of the leather on the breasts of a slave can be useful to a slave, particularly when she is naked, reminding her that she is a slave.	10
45	53	A certain subtle judgment must now be made.	10

Book 19. (9 results) Kajira of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	756	"Am I in Asia?" "Have you not noticed subtle differences in the gravity here," he asked, "from what you have been accustomed to? Have you not noticed that the air here seems somewhat different from that with which you have hitherto been familiar?" "I have seemed to notice such things," I said, "but ...	10
6	332	"Yes," said he, "the complex, subtle and sensuous arts of being pleasing, fully, to a man".	10
19	193	My tongue, and lips and fingers, after a few Ehn, astounding me, had been ready and eager, and quick, subtle and delicate.	10
19	209	I seemed to have a natural sense of timing and a capacity to anticipate, on many occasions, probably from subtle body cues, what he might desire, or what might please him.	10
27	53	There are many ways, responses to physical and psychological tests, and subtle behavioral cues, to tell if slave behavior is authentic or not.	10
33	164	"There are other differences, too," said a man, "subtle differences, but real differences".	10
36	695	But for the slave access to the surface of the couch is an inestimable privilege, and she enters upon its surface gratefully and in trepidation, deferentially, determined thankfully to prove to her master the probity of his judgment, by according to him thereupon subtle and complex raptures of sensu...	10
36	760	How painful, complex and subtle can be the relationships between human beings.	10
36	768	This had to do, it seemed, with some unusual and subtle relationship between us.	10

Book 20. (13 results) Players of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	314	"Do you hesitate," she asked, "because of some lack of certitude as to my nature, for fear of some impropriety or subtle lack of fittingness in such an action?" Samos shrugged.	10
1	474	I do not think that they cared much for their new sister in bondage, the former Lady Rowena of Lydius, who perhaps in some subtle way, perhaps in virtue of her former background, held herself superior to them, but, too, I do not think they cared to have her thrown alive, screaming, to sleen.	10
1	486	The matter is more subtle when the woman is not within a context of capture rights.	10
2	488	"Can you not be somewhat more subtle?" inquired the paunchy fellow of the hooded man.	10
6	210	How brave women can be within the context of conventions! I wondered if they understood the artificiality, the fragility, the tentativeness, the revocability of those subtle ramparts.	10
9	235	"It is well known that I am resilient and supple, as well as complex, subtle and talented.	10
9	297	Are they truly so esoteric, I wondered, a message lurking in some ancient palimpsest, propositions expressed in secret, forgotten languages, a doctrine concealed within strata of meticulous encipherments, so deep as to be fathomed only after years of study, so subtle as to be detected only by a gift...	10
9	366	"Too," said Boots, "I think you are highly intelligent, and, if I am not mistaken, you have also, at the fair, earlier, given us some subtle indications of possessing a great deal of talent".	10
12	99	I, certain that it must be the bait in some subtle trap I could not detect, not only refused to take it but, worrying about it, and avoiding it, eventually succeeded in producing the collapse of my entire game.	10
16	201	Further, if anything, in spite of our intentions and care in these matters, should prove to be truly amiss, perhaps because of some oversight or subtle inadvertence, have no fear but what it will be promptly corrected".	10
21	106	If Belnar had erred here, I think it was in a very subtle matter.	10
21	108	The wood was not worn smooth and stained with the oil of fingers; the surface of the boards showed little sign of wear, or use, such as tiny scratches or even the subtle indications, the small rubbing marks, of polishings.	10
21	112	It was at this point that I heard a subtle noise behind me.	10

Book 21. (9 results) Mercenaries of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	578	It had been hitherto muchly concealed from detection by the leather and furs she had worn, though even beneath them its subtle and tantalizing lineaments had been clearly suggested.	10
12	18	There is a dark mathematics in such matters, in the subtle equations balancing reaction times against the movements of blades.	10
16	1058	Ever since we had set her out for the fellows at the wagon camp, making some coppers on her, a subtle change had seemed to come over her, indeed, a sort of transformation was becoming more and more evident every day.	10
16	1379	"Surely the humor is not too subtle for you?" he asked suddenly, startled.	10
19	353	"Too, similarly pungent and subtle is the recurrent emphasis on the expression 'lines', which, on a level and in a dimension to which I have hopes you may yet attain, forcefully enunciates and clarifies not only the concept but more significantly the emotional significance of lines, those inevitable...	10
25	55	In such a light, of course, interesting colorations, subtle, soft, constantly changing reddish hues, ranging, depending on the color of the glass and the mix of the lights, from dark, rose-colored pinks to creamy crimsons, are imparted to the flesh of white-skinned slaves.	10
25	2156	There are subtle cues as to the authenticity of this inward transformation, behavioral and physical.	10
26	373	The tying of slave girdles, for example, and the arrangement of binding fiber, often has this subtle, delicious feature in mind.	10
26	1710	In this matter nature manifests her subtle equations.	10

Book 22. (19 results) Dancer of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	7	But such a nature, I wept, could not be, and if it were, so subtle, so insistent, so persistent, so unrelenting, so tenacious, it must never be admitted, never, never! Yes, I fought them, these secrets, these covert knowledges, these anticipations, these dreams.	10
3	776	I was now much more conscious of it, the irregularities of its surface, the subtle unevenness of texture, the flat, stained spots, the sudden, tiny, abrupt roughnesses, where a shoe might have moved the pile.	10
4	25	And something else was different, too, something subtle, something I supposed I might quickly become accustomed to, but that now frightened me, terribly, in its implications.	10
8	141	Indeed, part of our training was to increase our awareness of subtle sensations.	10
9	511	Too, if I had so reacted to so small and simple a thing, it was difficult to conjecture how I might behave if subjected to more detailed, subtle or prolonged attentions.	10
10	106	"It is betrayed by subtle body cues, uncontrollable, and unmistakable".	10
10	259	How could he have known that? "To a discerning eye," he smiled, "it was evident, in your subsequent movements, and certain tiny, fleeting expressions, though these were subtle things, as you were inwardly relieved, pleased at how well hidden, you thought, remained the real depth and urgency of your ...	10
10	552	The main reason why a slave kneels, of course, aside from such subtle and complex considerations, is simply that she is a slave, and that that position, accordingly, is appropriate for her.	10
11	1162	In them there is a subtle but efficient circulation of air.	10
11	1624	Too, sometimes I had felt a desperate longing for them to continue, and had been eager for them, and others, some charming, and subtle, and some almost overpowering, making me feel weak, and held, to surface in me, like wonders, some bursting up, some rising slowly, in my depths.	10
11	1641	Then, it frightening me, and embarrassing me at the time, I felt an involuntary movement, the subtle lifting, just a tiny bit, of my behind, in the furs.	10
24	138	She apparently worked very hard to keep her position with this chain, carrying water, sometimes double bags, frequently and uncomplainingly, and, in the evening, zealously, and desperately, and with subtle and delicious skills, well pleasing the guards.	10
27	111	If I had truly detected something, as perhaps I had between the tents, the tiny sound, or now, perhaps, a movement in the darkness, subtle, almost unnoticeable, I had little doubt as to what might be its source.	10
27	130	I was sure of it! Then I realized, with misgivings, a sinking feeling, that it was unlikely I would have heard the tiny sound, seen the movement, been aware of a presence beyond the bars, so subtle a presence, in the darkness, unless it had been intended that I, if only subliminally, take note of it...	10
31	197	Such things are subtle.	10
33	34	It was a subtle thing.	10
34	14	"Master!" His tongue was incredible, so gentle, so subtle and yet so persuasive, so forceful, so irresistible.	10
34	26	It had been a tiny, subtle touch, and yet, as he doubtless knew, from my distraught condition, it had brought me to the point where my response was totally within his power and I must beg.	10
34	285	To be sure, it is a subtle and complex process.	10

Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	255	"We might speak of such things as your lack of womanliness, your arrested or stunted femininity, your belligerent self-denial, your paucity of gracefulness, your mannish pretensions, your subtle clumsiness, your subtle awkwardness, your various inhibitions, your tightness, and such," I said.	10
5	67	Muchly must she be concerned, too, with matters of couture, so to speak, that is, the arrangements of adornments, the knotting of camisks, the hang of the slave tunic, the subtle, seemingly careless appointments of the ta-teera, the manifold drapings of silk, and such.	10
15	776	By such falterings, and behavioral cues, subtle or not, a slave might have given away our little game.	10
21	343	"Whether the degree of your exposure was sufficient to violate the codes of decorum is a subtle point," said Aemilianus, "but I will not press it".	10
21	469	Secondly, there is the consideration, subtle at times, to be sure, of conduct indicating suitability for the collar".	10
21	1294	How hard it is to withstand the lovely dangers of their discourse! Have not countless thousands fallen victim to the toils of their cleverly cast nets? What cunning she-sleen they are! How skilled they are with so subtle, surprising and keen a weapon! There is a Gorean saying to the effect that a la...	10
21	1297	Accordingly the female slave, just as her free sister, is undeniably possessed of that same superb device of woman for winning her way, her subtle, skilled and lively tongue.	10

Book 24. (5 results) Vagabonds of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	373	Certainly it was a very subtle thing.	10
22	39	To be sure, occasionally, as she was still a mere free woman, she required a firm word, or a subtle warning, such as my touching my belt.	10
26	101	"Too," I said, "if even a slave's most secret thoughts harbor the least hint of recalcitrance, such an absurdity being inevitably revealed in subtle bodily clues and such, they might be summarily given to leech plants, cast to pond eels, thrown to sleen, such things".	10
27	335	Her response is holistic, and significantly conditioned by large numbers of factors, often complex and subtle.	10
45	53	The lack of such a closure increases their sense of vulnerability, and is, in its way, a subtle reminder of just how much they are always, and immediately, at the mercy of their masters.	10

Book 25. (7 results) Magicians of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	269	In such groups there are normally numerous subtle relationships, hierarchies of dominance, and such, but when a male appears they are all instantly reduced, before him, to the commonality of their beauty and bondage.	10
3	395	Earth-girl slaves brought to Gor, for example, are often, particularly at first, understandably enough, I suppose, afraid to be sold, and accordingly, naturally enough, I suppose, sometimes attempt, usually in subtle ways, to discourage buyers, thereby hoping to be permitted to cling to the relative...	10
8	274	For example, when we had passed by various open-air markets, shelf markets, and such, many of the girls, nude in their chains, usually fastened by the neck or ankle to heavy iron rings, had clearly, to the fury of Phoebe, in posings, and by means of subtle glances, and such, attempted to call themse...	10
9	383	"The matter was an intricate one," said Talena, "and required the weighing of several subtle factors.	10
13	36	"This time," he said, "I think my Kaissa is more subtle than yours".	10
19	1043	"Indeed," I said, "slaves, in their subtle, vulnerable, helpless ways, in their beggingness, in their humbleness, in their deferentiality, in the very nature and entirety of their condition, have many better ways of calling themselves to the attention of a man than a free woman".	10
23	278	"But then," I said, "if these differences are subtle, might not authenticity be claimed for the fraudulent stone?" "I can guarantee that it will not be," said Boots.	10

Book 26. (14 results) Witness of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	856	It would have been only too natural! But then I was sure that even though I might have in some subtle way solicited permission to perform this service for him, which on a very deep level I desired to do, it would, in any event have been required of me.	10
9	273	Perhaps something in my demeanor had hinted at an attitude of too much self-satisfaction or complacency, or had suggested some pretense to a fraudulent superiority or had tended to convey some subtle contempt.	10
9	277	How, I wondered, did those who concerned themselves with such things, to whom they were doubtless a matter of business, assess such potentialities? Did they imagine me naked, or how I might look in silk, moving sensuously, or kneeling, in chains, such things? And how did they know about my secret he...	10
11	850	What then could I do? What then would I be? I had learned in the pens that I had an unusual potentiality for vitality, that somehow beneath the encrustations of a subtle, pervasive, insidious conditioning program, one to which I had been mercilessly subjected from childhood on, beneath, and in spite...	10
11	1744	Did she not understand how such things might be viewed? Had she not considered the danger of provoking them, of even in some subtle way perhaps igniting their heats and needs? How foolish must such a woman be! Might not such movements, all innocent and unintentional as they might be, be misconstrued...	10
11	1748	He could not have me now! This was all subtle, you understand.	10
12	136	How subtle, how insistent and quiet, and yet how tenacious a foe of promulgated perversions are the whims of nature, that she should choose to be so constituted.	10
13	222	This, I gathered, might be cultural, or perhaps he, somehow, oddly, despite his grotesque appearance, might be sensitive to some subtle canons of gentility.	10
13	808	Had I not considered it in countless thoughts? Had I not worn it in a thousand dreams? To be sure, it doubtless had many meanings, rich and complex, subtle and deep, which only gradually, bit by bit, as they were revealed to me, I might come to understand, and love.	10
16	63	The music was subtle, insistent.	10
16	607	Even so subtle a thing, you see, militates against a slave's possibility of escape.	10
33	41	The distinction, in fact, is sometimes a subtle one, particularly if the beast's bloodlust becomes aroused.	10
37	529	The kisses of a slave on the other hand, so subtle, and humble, and well-placed, coupled with her entire demeanor, the meaning of her collar, and such, can drive a man mad with pleasure.	10
37	732	Titus, the black-tunicked fellow whom Fecha and I had shielded, was, I think, a man of suspicious and subtle instincts, of wary caution.	10

Book 27. (27 results) Prize of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	221	She would have been terrified to approach the young man again, after their first interlude, for beneath the facade of his politeness there had seemed a subtle severity and power in him, but the other was merely a woman, and she did not much care what transpired between them.	10
2	263	She did so with a subtle, natural elegance.	10
4	178	Her various allusions, and subtle references, to various matters, performers, and composers, demonstrating how well informed, and how well read, she was, seemed to be instantly understood, and appreciated, by the young man.	10
8	60	Perhaps, she thought, this might be due to some subtle, benign, ameliorative effect of her treatment.	10
11	15	She wondered if it were some subtle joke, some irony.	10
11	648	She understood then something of the subtle, radiating, profound, pervasive eroticism of female bondage.	10
16	38	She had not dared to purchase, let alone wear, a subtle, rustling silken gown, or one of those tiny, revealing short gowns, one of those scandalous little things presumably eschewed even by prostitutes, who might wish to have a bit of respect from their clients, the sort of garment in which a master...	10
16	366	Who, even among native speakers, speaks any language perfectly? And she supposed that she might forever carry an accent in Gorean, at least a subtle accent, and that this, like fillings in her teeth, and a tiny vaccination mark, would continue, for better or for worse, to betray her barbarian origin...	10
16	383	And even if a girl knows, or suspects, that she is not being taught normal Gorean, she is unlikely to know precisely in what subtle and numerous ways her speech will betray her as slave.	10
16	389	On the other hand, once they have been embonded, slavery will inevitably work its subtle effects on them, as it does on all women, and, after a time, they, too, in glances, mannerisms, phrasings, tones of voice, tiny movements, and such, will reveal themselves slave.	10
16	1317	The subtle adjustments and tenseness required to maintain her balance keep her even more helplessly in place, and these adjustments and this tenseness will also be expressed in her posture, providing body-language cues bespeaking obedience and servitude.	10
17	900	A man sees a girl he wants and his objective judgment as to the market worth of the given property can be clouded, perhaps by simple desire, a simple desire to buy and own, totally, a particularly delightful, curvaceous property, but perhaps by something else, too, mixed with desire, and powerful lu...	10
18	384	On the other hand, the master will commonly have examined the bodies of his slaves with great care, familiarizing himself with each subtle, delicious curve.	10
20	77	The presence of such women in the camp is a great convenience to the soldiers, as one might imagine, for they are useful in various ways, performing a variety of tasks, such as cooking, cleaning, laundering, and sewing, and, naturally, more delicate, subtle, pleasurable slave tasks, such as "serving...	10
21	94	"Look," whispered the girl before her, indicating with a subtle motion of her head, a direction across the stream, to her right.	10
24	424	The first czehar player, in whose charge were the musicians, appeared puzzled as well, but continued to elicit from his instrument, held across his knees, subtle melodies which sang of life and nature, which hinted of men and women, and masters and slaves.	10
24	482	Her face was publicly bared! She was face-stripped! Her face was naked! Her face, with all its beauty, with all its readable, betraying, exquisite and subtle expressiveness, with all it would tell about her inner life, about her emotions, her feelings, her interests, fears, hopes, pleasures and conc...	10
25	783	See life as it is, directly, in its beauty, if only for a sudden, startling moment, perhaps as men might have seen it before language, before the subtle, altering, translucent barriers of words, the invisible wall that so liberates, but yet confines and shapes, was interposed between the mind and ex...	10
25	838	Doubtless there were subtle cues in a woman's body, in her movements, in her discourse, her carriage, her expressions and such.	10
26	336	As these matters are complex and subtle I will mention no more than a tiny corner of the concealed fabric, of the vast hidden tapestry into which are woven so many persistent, whispering truths.	10
27	282	Twice from her position in the wagon bed, as the wagon had rolled on, she had seen him standing to one side, his head lifted, as though testing the wind for some subtle scent.	10
27	987	It was brief, and subtle, scarcely tangible, rather like a movement in the air, hardly noticed.	10
27	1889	Yes, yes, she thought, they speak truths, mighty truths, lovely truths, deep truths, incontrovertible truths, precious truths, yes, such as I are indeed for the entertainment of men, for the sport of men, of masters! It is that for which we exist, and desire to exist, the pleasure of men, the entert...	10
27	3494	At the edge of the camp, there was a motion in the grass, a subtle motion.	10
28	317	About his lips there played a subtle smile.	10
29	221	She had thought herself subtle.	10
30	485	The love of a free woman, then, to the extent that she can love, is beset with a great number and variety of considerations, with a thousand subtle and noxious calculations, plannings and governances.	10

Book 28. (12 results) Kur of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	170	"Gorean," he said, "is a complex, subtle, beautiful language, with a large and sophisticated lexicon".	10
6	89	"Many interventions of a subtle nature were required to bring this about," said Grendel.	10
15	3	Just as women of one world may use attire, perfume, cosmetics, and such, or another robes, and sandals, and veils, to call attention, while haughtily pretending not to do so, to the flesh she is offering to a man, or the slave she is dangling before him, so a slave, who is owned, may use her bells v...	10
21	26	"But it sounds not like music, but rather like throbbings, like the wind in the forest, like rushing streams, subtle, distant, sometimes cries, as of seized, frightened animals, such things".	10
21	66	"There are subtle drums, too, demanding, insistent, maddening, exciting, sensuous drums, of course," said Peisistratus.	10
32	55	Many were the subtle and lovely changes which had recently been wrought in the slave.	10
33	120	There was a subtle, gentle subsidence in the water where the great body slipped beneath the surface.	10
35	32	The sound was subtle.	10
43	72	He did not hear the scratching, which was subtle, and came from his left.	10
51	65	"Strange," said Lord Grendel, "given the extensive distribution of sexually vital tissue in the human female, its globality, and its subtle interrelationships with thought and feeling, and such.	10
64	188	"He is subtle," said Cabot.	10
80	137	As the studies involve levels of life, subtle architectures, hereditary coils, and such, I have chosen, with reservations, and considerable uneasiness, the term 'biomolecular'.	10

Book 29. (15 results) Swordsmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
22	30	Is it a way of speaking, an expression, a hesitation, a gesture, a turning of the head, a shyness, a glance, a subtle, revealing, furtive unwillingness to make eye contact when a certain word is spoken, what? There are a hundred subtle cues, readable by the experienced and skilled.	10
3	779	Diverse and subtle are the tentacles of the Steel Worlds.	10
8	88	This fellow's face, a subtle yellowish brown, was narrower than would be common with the Tuchuk.	10
10	406	Whereas Gorean slave dance can be as subtle as the opening of the petals of a flower it is commonly richly, luxuriantly, unmistakably, outspokenly, unapologetically, brazenly erotic.	10
12	134	The riders of the Tuchuks were subtle clouds of war, almost impossible to close with, dangerous archers, with the short, horn bow, fit for clearing the saddle, to left or right.	10
12	138	The Tuchuk, all in all, was a subtle and dangerous foe.	10
15	336	A subtle tremor betrayed the slave's apprehension.	10
18	219	Lord Nishida had impressed me as being politically astute, and coldly subtle, but also as constituting an epitome of a civilized gentleman, at least relative to his own background, or lights.	10
18	329	I suspected, but did not remark it, that Sumomo's treatment of Tajima might have obscure motivations, motivations more subtle and deeper than a mere scorn for one she might despise as having been extracted from an alien world.	10
18	453	The fear is that she might not know herself a slave before Pertinax, that she might attempt to use the subtle wiles of Earth, guilt, and such, to work her will in a hundred ways upon him".	10
23	35	A slave is seldom subjected to cruelty so subtle and insidious, a cruelty which would seek to deny her to herself, which would seek to impose falsehood and pretense upon her, punishing her not only for what she cannot help but for that which is most precious in her, what makes her most herself.	10
24	104	"I think you are a remarkable man," I said, "a gifted leader, highly intelligent, subtle, wise, and cunning".	10
24	115	"Lord Nishida is subtle," I said.	10
24	158	"Lord Nishida is indeed subtle," I said.	10
28	25	Had she been careless, or was it something that could not have been helped, something for which she was utterly blameless? But such discriminations, one supposes, are too subtle for the whip.	10

Book 30. (10 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	339	The intertwined strands of interest and influence were subtle and widely spread.	10
1	350	The enemy they encountered, of course, was not the expected foe, but the delta itself, with its insects, heat, humidity, uncertain footing, quicksand, tharlarion, and rencers, denizens of the delta, almost invisible, subtle in warfare, masters of the bow and ambush.	10
1	460	And, of course, certain movements, postures, and such, sometimes subtle, are commonly enough to bring the master to her, rope in hand.	10
12	40	You are away from things, and seem closer to the wind, the clouds, and sunlight, and, all about, for pasangs, stretches the vast, encompassing ambiguity of Thassa, subtle and minacious, welcoming and threatening, benignant and perilous, restless, sparkling, and dangerous, green, vast, intriguing, be...	10
16	266	As few could not, by simple movement, a subtle alteration of position, a simple variance of attack, quickly dispatch a foe so handicapped, I thought Seremides must be a fellow of great courage, to have dragged himself to the deck, and worked his way, painfully, awkwardly, his body suspended on his c...	10
17	94	A subtle line exists in such matters.	10
17	172	I gathered I had been less subtle than I had intended, but he did not seem offended.	10
25	258	In his absence, with which you or others may have had something to do, you plotted with dissident factions and the island ubarates; you laid your plans carefully, and put them into patient and subtle execution; and then, eventually, by means of enemies without and treachery within, your schemes bore...	10
36	100	"In one matter, a subtle one," said the captain, "Tyrtaios may have erred.	10
37	195	"They are all soft, subtle, cunning, dangerous beasts".	10

Book 31. (22 results) Conspirators of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
35	246	"I think the differences were subtle," I said, "very subtle".	10
4	591	Could I be, I wondered, a slut, or less? The bells, too, with their subtle rustle, marked the least of my movements.	10
7	44	Who were others, to tell me who I was? How was this a freedom, to be told how to be? How strangely false and unsatisfying seemed the culture to which I was expected to conform, and that which I was expected to perpetuate! Was I truly an artifact, a meaningless, unhappy puppet of a dismal world, resp...	10
7	144	How alive, I thought, must be the body of a slave! How alive to small things, a breath of air, a scent, subtle, scarcely noticed, the texture of a bit of cloth on her body, the feeling of a carpet or tiles beneath her bared feet, a rustle of chain in an outer room, are they coming for her, the weigh...	10
8	403	But even in my righteous self-castigations, which I, of Earth, deemed I should proclaim, at least to myself, and even behind the fragile curtain of that resolve which I thought to interpose between what I supposed I should be and what I suspected I was, there seemed a subtle, elusive whispering, moc...	10
9	114	"Some think they are a decoration, a thing of vanity, like a beauty mark, to call attention by contrast to the exquisite beauty of what is not blemished, others consider them an identificatory device, a subtle one, by means of which a slave may be recognized".	10
9	142	Too, I was certain I had been taught certain pronunciations of words I was not likely to frequently hear, which were also, in their subtle way, entrapments.	10
9	161	I did not even know the subtle fastenings of the robes of concealment, the layerings and arrangements of veils, the order of a woman's bath, or such.	10
10	247	It is one thing to perform such tasks for a master, knowing that even in small things I was serving him, each task then being subtly imbued with submission and sexuality, for a woman's sexuality is subtle, warm, profound, and pervasive, and another to perform them for a woman.	10
17	207	There were other apparently subtle differences of appearance, as well, but these, or most of them, seemed negligible to me.	10
18	712	I would have to be subtle, of course.	10
19	183	There are various metals, subtle metals, alloys, and such, with not all of which I am familiar, coils of wire, unusual machines, unfamiliar tools, boxes of tubing, canisters of diverse powders, and other objects, crated and secured, which I could not examine.	10
27	342	"How annoying and contemptible I found you," she said, "laughing and smiling, so pretentiously suave, so fraudulently refined, so feignedly clever, so aristocratically chatting and gossiping, so pointlessly sparkling, so calling attention to yourself, so posing and posturing, so carrying on, and, to...	10
30	58	Aside from the aesthetic aspects of the matter, namely revealing the small, sweet loveliness of a woman's hands, the small wrists, almost asking to be bound, and such, it facilitates a common begging gesture, one which is lovely and subtle.	10
30	61	Another subtle device is the simple bondage knot, loosely tied in the hair.	10
33	127	After weeks in the Cave, where Kurii were frequently encountered, I could also easily note the subtle difference about the eyes, and, of course, if one looked, that of the appendages, for the hands and feet of the entering beast were five-digited, not six-digited.	10
35	205	There are much more complex and subtle ways to conceal meaning, of course, but the device I have explained to you is simple, easily understood, and likely, as far as they know, to be secure.	10
42	52	Such a piece of meat, even one much smaller, would choke a human; on the other hand, the structure of the human throat is such that it is capable of assisting in the utterance of a subtle and theoretically infinite variety of sounds.	10
43	13	We can order cards with subtle and clandestine intent as well as they.	10
48	10	To be sure, their positioning might be intended to divert attention from another container, that truly housing Agamemnon, but, if so, which one might it be? Too, might one not think that a more subtle ruse might be projected? If A seemed most likely, and then one might be led to suppose B or C cruci...	10
52	391	"Perhaps I taunted you a little, a subtle movement, a way of turning, a glance over my shoulder, a smile".	10
52	514	Her feelings were unimportant, but how could she forget the grass, the smell of flowers, the wind in the leaves overhead, the strength of his arms, her helplessness, his hands, his touch, his lips, his caresses, his tongue, forcing her to endure a hundred intimacies, some anticipated, some unexpecte...	10

Book 32. (10 results) Smugglers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	40	It was conjectured, as well, from a diversity of subtle cues, physical and psychological, that she had unusual sexual latencies, which might, in time, acknowledged and stimulated, enfurnace her belly in such a way that she would be not only excellently responsive but, far beyond that, helplessly, be...	10
4	66	She was not particularly beautiful, as such things go, but there was clearly a subtle attractiveness about her.	10
4	78	There are the beauties of movement and expression, subtle, evanescent, and lovely, like the movement of a brook between its banks, of grass bending in the wind, of rustling leaves.	10
4	105	Was it, I wondered, simply that she was so unusually feminine, so clearly feminine, and this so early in her bondage, despite the culture from which she was derived? Or was it, rather, simply, that she was, and was so obviously, a slave? Much that is subtle goes into these things, much which it woul...	10
14	132	One supposes one of such a caste must be able to plan, to follow through with plans, or, if it seemed wise, to depart from a plan, even suddenly, to change or alter plans, even to withdraw, and plan anew, that one such must be not only bold, but subtle and shrewd, that one such must understand the v...	10
41	217	To be sure, few of these subtle stratagems, so to speak, would be at my disposal.	10
43	616	There are many subtle pleasures associated with the mastery.	10
48	112	If it had kept itself with me, as a subtle, lengthy, softly treading, breathing shadow, always nearby, there must have been a reason.	10
52	32	This tendency may be expressed in innumerable ways, from the design of cities to the bright colors of buildings and walls, and porches and pillars, from long garden paths, a pasang in length, characterized by a planned music of scent as well as a scenic melody of blossoms, to the shaping of vases an...	10
52	756	These divisions, it seems, might facilitate subtle distinctions in pricing and trading.	10

Book 33. (6 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	303	From the outer parapet it seemed a message to the enemy might be most easily and safely transmitted, by the subtle and unnoted casting of a note below, to be retrieved by the enemy.	10
12	86	"I fear I am insufficiently subtle," I said.	10
12	158	A more casual or less diligent observer might well have missed the quick, subtle gesture which may have sped some missive, probably with its ribbon, to the foot of the cliff on which the parapet was reared.	10
26	62	Pani of the peasant classes tend to be polite, stolid, resigned, and reconciled, at least until a breaking point is reached, at which time they may become as secretive and clever as the urt, as subtle as the ost, as dangerous as the cornered sleen, as fierce as the enraged larl, discovering the clai...	10
30	405	Some modalities may be as simple as the exposition cage in which girls may be displayed prior to being brought to the block, or as subtle as the skills of the auctioneer presenting merchandise for the interest of possible buyers.	10
55	149	I found it difficult to understand the sensibility involved, but proprieties are often subtle and elusive.	10

Book 34. (17 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	82	I could not place the accent, if it was an accent, for the matter was subtle.	10
8	359	Its waging is subtle.	10
9	130	Sometimes the indications of caste were subtle, marked by a pair, or a trio, of short ribbons on the left sleeve, near the wrist.	10
19	26	To be sure, there are a thousand ways a girl can signify her needs, and her supplications that her master will condescend to satisfy them, glances, subtle movements, seemingly inadvertent proximities, tiny sounds, kneelings, licking and kissing the feet and ankles, and then raising one's eyes, tear-...	10
28	131	He could detect, through the stick, little more, I suppose, than my subtle agitation, which I was trying to subdue.	10
33	126	It is a matter of subtle adjustments, of transposing sounds, of substituting one sound for another".	10
35	69	"My master's slave dressers favor a subtle discreetness, speculating slyly that it is more reserved, more provocative".	10
44	50	The sounds were subtle, to me little more than a susurration.	10
46	402	They require subtle design, complex components, and demanding tooling.	10
49	66	They tend to be muchly aware of their environment, small movements, subtle tones of voice, shades of expressions, and such.	10
49	73	Merchants, with their connections amongst houses in diverse cities, sometimes at war with one another, with their vouchers, notes, seals, stamps, letters of credit, and such, have created a subtle, almost invisible, but very real, commercial world.	10
49	416	Perhaps Paula, too, had noticed that, glances, subtle movements, proximities.	10
50	161	"It is my understanding," he said, "that the Lady Alexina was less than subtle in the House of a Hundred Corridors, in indicating her interest in your master".	10
50	165	"She was as subtle as an obese, blundering tarsk sow," I said.	10
52	73	I smiled at Drusus, that he might be aware that I, at least, appreciated the cleverness of his remark, the subtle barb.	10
62	72	The vaccination mark, on the other hand, is often taken as a subtle brand, this leading some Goreans to suppose that the woman was already a legal slave somewhere, and has only been stolen from, or purchased from, her former master.	10
68	139	Perhaps this was a subtle thing, but it helped to remind me that I was not only a slave, but a particular sort of slave, a pleasure slave.	10

Book 35. (9 results) Quarry of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	163	Body language, or something subtle, a tone of voice, or such, I am sure, would have given me away.	10
6	291	Perhaps her fault lay in her diction or in some subtle lapse of deference.	10
7	14	I felt a slight movement of the floor, a subtle rocking motion, and realized I must be on some ship.	10
8	596	To be sure, there seemed a subtle menace to that form.	10
11	227	As a slave, one grows extremely sensitive to the moods, the expressions, the subtle attitudes, the little things, about the free, and, accordingly, I paid close attention to items which I sensed pleased Master Leander, and those in which, from my memory, I suspected he might be especially interested...	10
24	46	And, of course, one should remark posings, archings, curlings, sretchings, and such, which may range from the subtle to the blatant.	10
24	216	"She is not yours," said the slaver's man, in an accent that suggested some subtle sense of satisfaction.	10
26	8	There were the subtle night noises of the marsh, the calls of small amphibians, the humming of insects.	10
33	174	I sensed he might rule a realm, though one subtle, dark, and concealed in shadows.	10

Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	78	The caste of Peasants, usually ensconced in remote, isolated settlements, tends to be wary and suspicious of other castes, commonly suspecting them of an impressive variety of ill doings, ranging from subtle deceit to outright chicanery, particularly in the spheres of fraudulent bookkeeping and dish...	10
11	104	The newcomer, with a subtle gesture of his head, motioned that Ctesippus might withdraw.	10
17	332	"One subtle, unsuspected, and unnoticed," I said.	10
35	21	The tactic mentioned was, in essence, simple, like surprise, diversion, screening, posting agents and spies, cutting lines of communication and supply, planting false information, and such, but was in execution subtle.	10
36	71	"Perhaps you are aware of subtle changes in your bodies," I said.	10
46	104	"The calculated inculcation and manipulation of values is a subtle technique for seizing power and ruling others".	10
57	144	"Under the best of conditions, the rhythms of a deck, with its pitching and rolling, however subtle and gentle, is not to their liking".	10