Book 26. (1 results) Witness of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 11 | 1353 | How many women, I wonder, marry truly for love, and only love? Do we not consider many other matters—the finances of our potential spouse, his education, his family connections, his position in society, the likely location of his domicile, the presumed trajectory of his career, the prestige of the match, and such? But here, as I have suggested, we do not sell ourselves, reaping our own profits. |
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Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1350 | I do not think this is merely because we wish to be purchased by more affluent masters, which suggests that our life may be easier, but because of the personal vanities involved. |
| 11 | 1351 | Each wishes to be the most precious, the most costly. |
| 11 | 1352 | This is perhaps not so different from my old world, except that here women do not vend themselves, and take their own profit, but are rather vended by others, who take the profit on them. |
| 11 | 1353 | How many women, I wonder, marry truly for love, and only love? Do we not consider many other matters—the finances of our potential spouse, his education, his family connections, his position in society, the likely location of his domicile, the presumed trajectory of his career, the prestige of the match, and such? But here, as I have suggested, we do not sell ourselves, reaping our own profits. |
| 11 | 1354 | No, here we are sold by others, and it is these others who will reap the profits. |
| 11 | 1355 | It is they who will make the money. |
| 11 | 1356 | It is ours, rather, to be fully pleasing, and see that we obey with perfection. |
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I do not think this is merely because we wish to be purchased by more affluent masters, which suggests that our life may be easier, but because of the personal vanities involved.
Each wishes to be the most precious, the most costly.
This is perhaps not so different from my old world, except that here women do not vend themselves, and take their own profit, but are rather vended by others, who take the profit on them.
How many women, I wonder, marry truly for love, and only love? Do we not consider many other matters—the finances of our potential spouse, his education, his family connections, his position in society, the likely location of his domicile, the presumed trajectory of his career, the prestige of the match, and such? But here, as I have suggested, we do not sell ourselves, reaping our own profits.
No, here we are sold by others, and it is these others who will reap the profits.
It is they who will make the money.
It is ours, rather, to be fully pleasing, and see that we obey with perfection.
- (Witness of Gor, Chapter 11)