Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 1 | 259 | Goreans, on the whole, knew them only from legends, which, I had little doubt, owed their origins to forgotten times, to memories brought long ago to Gor from another world. |
| 1 | 260 | Such stories, for they were very old on Gor, probably go back thousands of years, dating from the times of very early Voyages of Acquisition, undertaken by venturesome, inquisitive creatures of an alien species, one known to most Goreans only as the priest-kings. |
| 1 | 261 | To be sure, few priest-kings, now, entertained such a curiosity nor such an enthusiastic penchant for exploration and adventure. |
| 1 | 262 | Now, the priest-kings, I feared, had become old. |
| 1 | 263 | I think that perhaps one is old only when one has lost the desire to know. |
| 1 | 264 | Not until one has lost one's curiosity, and concern, can one be said to be truly old. |
| 1 | 265 | I had two friends, in particular, who were priest-kings, Misk, and Kusk. |
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Goreans, on the whole, knew them only from legends, which, I had little doubt, owed their origins to forgotten times, to memories brought long ago to Gor from another world.
Such stories, for they were very old on Gor, probably go back thousands of years, dating from the times of very early Voyages of Acquisition, undertaken by venturesome, inquisitive creatures of an alien species, one known to most Goreans only as the priest-kings.
To be sure, few priest-kings, now, entertained such a curiosity nor such an enthusiastic penchant for exploration and adventure.
Now, the priest-kings, I feared, had become old.
I think that perhaps one is old only when one has lost the desire to know.
Not until one has lost one's curiosity, and concern, can one be said to be truly old.
I had two friends, in particular, who were priest-kings, Misk, and Kusk.
- (Savages of Gor, Chapter )