Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 7 | 103 | But I was not sure of it. |
| 7 | 104 | The "flowers" here were of astounding quality and I was not at all sure that I, even given the fact that I might be of interest, even of remarkable interest, on this world, really belonged among them, at least on purely aesthetic grounds. |
| 7 | 105 | Similarly I was not versed in song, I was not skilled with lute or lyre, I did not even know the special dances of the gardens. |
| 7 | 106 | It is one thing to writhe naked before guards, one's body obedient to the slightest tremor of the flute, and quite another, for example, to swirl in a belt of jewels on the dancing floor of one of the golden taverns, reached only from the high bridges. |
| 7 | 107 | But then, perhaps, they are not really so different after all. |
| 7 | 108 | But, in any event, I had not had special training, or, at least, no training more special than any one such as I would have, who is not intended to be, and sold as, a dancer. |
| 7 | 109 | Why should he be asking me these things? Of course I could not read! Could he not simply look upon my lineaments, and my silk, and know that? Of course some of the flowers could read. |
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But I was not sure of it.
The "flowers" here were of astounding quality and I was not at all sure that I, even given the fact that I might be of interest, even of remarkable interest, on this world, really belonged among them, at least on purely aesthetic grounds.
Similarly I was not versed in song, I was not skilled with lute or lyre, I did not even know the special dances of the gardens.
It is one thing to writhe naked before guards, one's body obedient to the slightest tremor of the flute, and quite another, for example, to swirl in a belt of jewels on the dancing floor of one of the golden taverns, reached only from the high bridges.
But then, perhaps, they are not really so different after all.
But, in any event, I had not had special training, or, at least, no training more special than any one such as I would have, who is not intended to be, and sold as, a dancer.
Why should he be asking me these things? Of course I could not read! Could he not simply look upon my lineaments, and my silk, and know that? Of course some of the flowers could read.
- (Witness of Gor, Chapter )