Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 14 | 30 | "I risked my life a thousand times and gave the years of my youth to the vision of Ar and its empire, that there might be on all Gor but one language, but one commerce, but one set of codes, that the highways and passes might be safe, that the peasants might cultivate their fields in peace, that there might be but one council to decide matters of policy, that there might be but one supreme city to unite the cylinders of a hundred severed, hostile cities—and all this you have destroyed". |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 14 | 27 | He looked into my eyes for a long time, then leaned back against his rough throne. |
| 14 | 28 | "I was once as young and brave as you," he said, "and perhaps as foolish—yes, perhaps as foolish". |
| 14 | 29 | The eyes of Marlenus stared over my head, into the darkness outside. |
| 14 | 30 | "I risked my life a thousand times and gave the years of my youth to the vision of Ar and its empire, that there might be on all Gor but one language, but one commerce, but one set of codes, that the highways and passes might be safe, that the peasants might cultivate their fields in peace, that there might be but one council to decide matters of policy, that there might be but one supreme city to unite the cylinders of a hundred severed, hostile cities—and all this you have destroyed". |
| 14 | 31 | Marlenus looked down at me. |
| 14 | 32 | "What can you, a simple tarnsman, know of these things?" he asked. |
| 14 | 33 | "But I, Marlenus, though a warrior, was more than a warrior, always more than a warrior. |
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He looked into my eyes for a long time, then leaned back against his rough throne.
"I was once as young and brave as you," he said, "and perhaps as foolish—yes, perhaps as foolish".
The eyes of Marlenus stared over my head, into the darkness outside.
"I risked my life a thousand times and gave the years of my youth to the vision of Ar and its empire, that there might be on all Gor but one language, but one commerce, but one set of codes, that the highways and passes might be safe, that the peasants might cultivate their fields in peace, that there might be but one council to decide matters of policy, that there might be but one supreme city to unite the cylinders of a hundred severed, hostile cities—and all this you have destroyed".
Marlenus looked down at me.
"What can you, a simple tarnsman, know of these things?" he asked.
"But I, Marlenus, though a warrior, was more than a warrior, always more than a warrior.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 14)