Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 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". |
| 17 | 400 | "That is an interesting and profound possibility," I said, "but then there would still remain needs and powers, forces and desires, and the facts of the world, that certain courses of action lead to certain results, and that other courses of action lead to other results. |
| 17 | 401 | And in such a world who will argue with the larl as to whether or not it should feed, or with a man as to whether or not he should be a man? In such a world the larl hunts, and the man is a man". |
| 17 | 402 | "gor, I fear," she said, "is such a world". |
| 17 | 403 | "It is," I told her, "Slave Girl". |
| 17 | 404 | "I'm frightened," she said. |
| 17 | 405 | "As well you might be, rightless slave," I told her. |
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"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".
"That is an interesting and profound possibility," I said, "but then there would still remain needs and powers, forces and desires, and the facts of the world, that certain courses of action lead to certain results, and that other courses of action lead to other results.
And in such a world who will argue with the larl as to whether or not it should feed, or with a man as to whether or not he should be a man? In such a world the larl hunts, and the man is a man".
"gor, I fear," she said, "is such a world".
"It is," I told her, "Slave Girl".
"I'm frightened," she said.
"As well you might be, rightless slave," I told her.
- (Guardsman of Gor, Chapter )