Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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Quote
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66
"Ko-ro-ba cannot be destroyed," said my father, "for its Home Stone has not perished!" My father had taken the Stone from the City before it had been destroyed.
34
67
For years he had carried it on his own person.
34
68
I took the small stone in my hands and kissed it, for it was the Home Stone of the city to which I had pledged my sword, where I had ridden my first tarn, where I had met my father after an interval of more than twenty years, where I had found new friends, and to which I had taken Talena, my love, the daughter of Marlenus, once Ubar of Ar, as my Free Companion.
34
69
"And here, too, is Ko-ro-ba," I said, pointing to the proud giant, the Older Tarl, and the tiny, sandy-haired scribe, Torm.
34
70
"Yes," said my father, "here too is Ko-ro-ba, not only in the particles of its Home Stone, but in the hearts of its men".
34
71
And we four men of Ko-ro-ba clasped hands.
34
72
"I understand," said my father, "from what you have told us, that now once more a stone may stand upon a stone, that two men of Ko-ro-ba may once again stand side by side".
"Ko-ro-ba cannot be destroyed," said my father, "for its Home Stone has not perished!" My father had taken the Stone from the City before it had been destroyed.
For years he had carried it on his own person.
I took the small stone in my hands and kissed it, for it was the Home Stone of the city to which I had pledged my sword, where I had ridden my first tarn, where I had met my father after an interval of more than twenty years, where I had found new friends, and to which I had taken Talena, my love, the daughter of Marlenus, once Ubar of Ar, as my Free Companion.
"And here, too, is Ko-ro-ba," I said, pointing to the proud giant, the Older Tarl, and the tiny, sandy-haired scribe, Torm.
"Yes," said my father, "here too is Ko-ro-ba, not only in the particles of its Home Stone, but in the hearts of its men".
And we four men of Ko-ro-ba clasped hands.
"I understand," said my father, "from what you have told us, that now once more a stone may stand upon a stone, that two men of Ko-ro-ba may once again stand side by side".
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )