Book 28. (1 results) Kur of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 97 | The instincts of many caged animals, on the other hand, are more healthy. |
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Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 94 | On the other hand, given the emptiness of the corridor, and the absence of intelligible communication from an outside source, he had no assurance that his demands, protests, or such, were anywhere registered, or even that they might be of the least interest to anyone or anything. |
| 1 | 95 | Needless to say this can be unsettling. |
| 1 | 96 | Indeed, it can derange certain sorts of minds. |
| 1 | 97 | The instincts of many caged animals, on the other hand, are more healthy. |
| 1 | 98 | Understanding themselves trapped, they are patient, and wait. |
| 1 | 99 | Beyond a certain interval they do not exhaust their resources, but conserve them, almost lethargically, for a given moment, for the sudden movement, for the lunge, the movement to the throat. |
| 1 | 100 | So, after a time, Tarl Cabot, who was not particularly disanalogous to such beasts, became quiescent, at least as far as external observation might detect. |
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On the other hand, given the emptiness of the corridor, and the absence of intelligible communication from an outside source, he had no assurance that his demands, protests, or such, were anywhere registered, or even that they might be of the least interest to anyone or anything.
Needless to say this can be unsettling.
Indeed, it can derange certain sorts of minds.
The instincts of many caged animals, on the other hand, are more healthy.
Understanding themselves trapped, they are patient, and wait.
Beyond a certain interval they do not exhaust their resources, but conserve them, almost lethargically, for a given moment, for the sudden movement, for the lunge, the movement to the throat.
So, after a time, Tarl Cabot, who was not particularly disanalogous to such beasts, became quiescent, at least as far as external observation might detect.
- (Kur of Gor, Chapter 1)