Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 1 | 205 | Once I saw two eyes in the darkness and screamed and ran from them, hearing the flap of wings behind me and the startled cry of an owl. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 202 | I slipped and fell dozens of times and ran into the prickly branches of the pines, the needles stabbing at my face. |
| 1 | 203 | I may have been sobbing; I remember the taste of salt in my mouth. |
| 1 | 204 | But mostly I remember a blind, headlong flight, a panic-stricken, unworthy, sickening flight. |
| 1 | 205 | Once I saw two eyes in the darkness and screamed and ran from them, hearing the flap of wings behind me and the startled cry of an owl. |
| 1 | 206 | Once I startled a small band of deer and found myself in the midst of their bounding shapes buffeting me in the darkness. |
| 1 | 207 | The moon came out, and the mountainside was suddenly lit with its cold beauty, white on the snow in the trees and on the side of the slope, sparkling on the rocks. |
| 1 | 208 | I could run no further. |
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I slipped and fell dozens of times and ran into the prickly branches of the pines, the needles stabbing at my face.
I may have been sobbing; I remember the taste of salt in my mouth.
But mostly I remember a blind, headlong flight, a panic-stricken, unworthy, sickening flight.
Once I saw two eyes in the darkness and screamed and ran from them, hearing the flap of wings behind me and the startled cry of an owl.
Once I startled a small band of deer and found myself in the midst of their bounding shapes buffeting me in the darkness.
The moon came out, and the mountainside was suddenly lit with its cold beauty, white on the snow in the trees and on the side of the slope, sparkling on the rocks.
I could run no further.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 1)