Book 3. (1 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 35 | 120 | I looked up at the moons. |
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 35 | 117 | "The moons are beautiful," I said, "are they not?" Misk looked back at the moons. |
| 35 | 118 | "Yes," he said, "I think so". |
| 35 | 119 | "Once you spoke to me," I said, "of random elements". |
| 35 | 120 | I looked up at the moons. |
| 35 | 121 | "Is that—" I asked, "—seeing that the moons are beautiful—is that a random element in man?" "I think," said Misk, "it is part of man". |
| 35 | 122 | "You spoke once of machines," I said. |
| 35 | 123 | "Howsoever I spoke," said Misk, "words cannot diminish men or Priest-Kings—for who cares what we are—if we can act, decide, sense beauty, seek right, and have hopes for our people?" I swallowed hard, for I knew I had hopes for my race, and I sensed how Misk must have them for his, only his race was dying, and would sooner or later, one by one, meet with an accident or succumb to the Pleasures of the Golden Beetle. |
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"The moons are beautiful," I said, "are they not?" Misk looked back at the moons.
"Yes," he said, "I think so".
"Once you spoke to me," I said, "of random elements".
I looked up at the moons.
"Is that—" I asked, "—seeing that the moons are beautiful—is that a random element in man?" "I think," said Misk, "it is part of man".
"You spoke once of machines," I said.
"Howsoever I spoke," said Misk, "words cannot diminish men or Priest-Kings—for who cares what we are—if we can act, decide, sense beauty, seek right, and have hopes for our people?" I swallowed hard, for I knew I had hopes for my race, and I sensed how Misk must have them for his, only his race was dying, and would sooner or later, one by one, meet with an accident or succumb to the Pleasures of the Golden Beetle.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter 35)