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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)

Chapter # Sentence # Quote
2 125 In time I would come to understand more of what he felt.
2 126 Indeed, there is a saying on Gor, a saying whose origin is lost in the past of this strange planet, that one who speaks of Home Stones should stand, for matters of honor are here involved, and honor is respected in the barbaric codes of Gor.
2 127 "These stones," said my father, "are various, of different colors, shapes, and sizes, and many of them are intricately carved.
2 128 Some of the largest cities have small, rather insignificant Home Stones, but of incredible antiquity, dating back to the time when the city was a village or only a mounted pride of warriors with no settled abode".
2 129 My father paused at the narrow window in the circular room and looked out onto the hills beyond and fell silent.
2 130 At last he spoke again.
2 131 "Where a man sets his Home Stone, he claims, by law, that land for himself.
In time I would come to understand more of what he felt. Indeed, there is a saying on Gor, a saying whose origin is lost in the past of this strange planet, that one who speaks of Home Stones should stand, for matters of honor are here involved, and honor is respected in the barbaric codes of Gor. "These stones," said my father, "are various, of different colors, shapes, and sizes, and many of them are intricately carved. Some of the largest cities have small, rather insignificant Home Stones, but of incredible antiquity, dating back to the time when the city was a village or only a mounted pride of warriors with no settled abode". My father paused at the narrow window in the circular room and looked out onto the hills beyond and fell silent. At last he spoke again. "Where a man sets his Home Stone, he claims, by law, that land for himself. - (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )