Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 5 | 107 | "Why?" What could I tell her? That I had come from another world, that I was determined that all the ways of Gor should not be mine, or that I had cared for her, somehow, so helpless in her condition—that she had moved me to regard her not as an instrumentality of mine or of the Council, but as a girl, young, rich with life, not to be sacrificed in the games of statecraft? "I have my reasons for freeing you," I said, "but I am not sure that you would understand them," and I added, under my breath, to myself, that I was not altogether sure I understood them myself. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 5 | 104 | "And we are going to Thentis". |
| 5 | 105 | She sat before me, stunned, her hands unbelievingly at her throat. |
| 5 | 106 | "Why?" she asked. |
| 5 | 107 | "Why?" What could I tell her? That I had come from another world, that I was determined that all the ways of Gor should not be mine, or that I had cared for her, somehow, so helpless in her condition—that she had moved me to regard her not as an instrumentality of mine or of the Council, but as a girl, young, rich with life, not to be sacrificed in the games of statecraft? "I have my reasons for freeing you," I said, "but I am not sure that you would understand them," and I added, under my breath, to myself, that I was not altogether sure I understood them myself. |
| 5 | 108 | "My father," she said, "and my brothers will reward you". |
| 5 | 109 | "No," I said. |
| 5 | 110 | "If you wish, they are bound in honor to grant me to you, without bride price". |
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"And we are going to Thentis".
She sat before me, stunned, her hands unbelievingly at her throat.
"Why?" she asked.
"Why?" What could I tell her? That I had come from another world, that I was determined that all the ways of Gor should not be mine, or that I had cared for her, somehow, so helpless in her condition—that she had moved me to regard her not as an instrumentality of mine or of the Council, but as a girl, young, rich with life, not to be sacrificed in the games of statecraft? "I have my reasons for freeing you," I said, "but I am not sure that you would understand them," and I added, under my breath, to myself, that I was not altogether sure I understood them myself.
"My father," she said, "and my brothers will reward you".
"No," I said.
"If you wish, they are bound in honor to grant me to you, without bride price".
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 5)