Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 5 | 679 | Would the ultimate motivation of the conspirator not be the sanctity of his own skin? Frightened urts will turn on their fellows and lacerate them. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 5 | 676 | "Men who would die for her?" "None would stand by her," said a fellow, "once she no longer stood within the palisade of foreign spears". |
| 5 | 677 | "She was despised," said another, "even by those welcomed within the chambers of her treason". |
| 5 | 678 | Too, I thought, how foolish to look for loyalty amongst the disloyal, to hope for honor from those who were without honor. |
| 5 | 679 | Would the ultimate motivation of the conspirator not be the sanctity of his own skin? Frightened urts will turn on their fellows and lacerate them. |
| 5 | 680 | They will kill one another for a drop of blood. |
| 5 | 681 | Betrayal is a not infrequent behavior, and it is one to which one may easily become habituated. |
| 5 | 682 | "It is only a matter of time," said a fellow, "until she is thrown, naked and in chains, to the tiles at the foot of the Ubar's throne". |
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"Men who would die for her?" "None would stand by her," said a fellow, "once she no longer stood within the palisade of foreign spears".
"She was despised," said another, "even by those welcomed within the chambers of her treason".
Too, I thought, how foolish to look for loyalty amongst the disloyal, to hope for honor from those who were without honor.
Would the ultimate motivation of the conspirator not be the sanctity of his own skin? Frightened urts will turn on their fellows and lacerate them.
They will kill one another for a drop of blood.
Betrayal is a not infrequent behavior, and it is one to which one may easily become habituated.
"It is only a matter of time," said a fellow, "until she is thrown, naked and in chains, to the tiles at the foot of the Ubar's throne".
- (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 5)