Book 31. (1 results) Conspirators of Gor (Individual Quote)
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Quote
37
217
"Titanic forces could be locked in battle," said Desmond of Harfax, "forces compared to which men are small, weak, and fragile things, little more than field urts scampering about in the grass, amidst the tread of trampling tharlarion".
"Titanic forces could be locked in battle," said Desmond of Harfax, "forces compared to which men are small, weak, and fragile things, little more than field urts scampering about in the grass, amidst the tread of trampling tharlarion".
- (Conspirators of Gor, Chapter 37, Sentence #217)
Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
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Quote
37
214
"Consider," said Desmond of Harfax, "the brain of a mighty, fearsome, almost legendary leader, gigantic and formidable, a Kur of Kurii, kept alive, revered, obeyed.
37
215
Consider the terrible centrality of sensation in that brain, the enormity of ambition which might linger, the rage at the loss of its body, the force of a focused, extraordinary rationality, unwilling to accept compromise or limitation, a will determined to have its way, a ruthless mind resolved to affect worlds, an incomparable intellect, unconquered, commanding, devoted to power, stung by defeat, desiring to recoup losses, fanatically committed to pursue ends, to return from exile with the resources of a planet at its back".
37
216
"Absurd," said the fellow, again.
37
217
"Titanic forces could be locked in battle," said Desmond of Harfax, "forces compared to which men are small, weak, and fragile things, little more than field urts scampering about in the grass, amidst the tread of trampling tharlarion".
37
218
"We are well paid," said a man.
37
219
"Let us collect our gold, and let the future care for itself".
37
220
"It would be a future in which you would be unlikely to participate," said Desmond of Harfax.
"Consider," said Desmond of Harfax, "the brain of a mighty, fearsome, almost legendary leader, gigantic and formidable, a Kur of Kurii, kept alive, revered, obeyed.
Consider the terrible centrality of sensation in that brain, the enormity of ambition which might linger, the rage at the loss of its body, the force of a focused, extraordinary rationality, unwilling to accept compromise or limitation, a will determined to have its way, a ruthless mind resolved to affect worlds, an incomparable intellect, unconquered, commanding, devoted to power, stung by defeat, desiring to recoup losses, fanatically committed to pursue ends, to return from exile with the resources of a planet at its back".
"Absurd," said the fellow, again.
"Titanic forces could be locked in battle," said Desmond of Harfax, "forces compared to which men are small, weak, and fragile things, little more than field urts scampering about in the grass, amidst the tread of trampling tharlarion".
"We are well paid," said a man.
"Let us collect our gold, and let the future care for itself".
"It would be a future in which you would be unlikely to participate," said Desmond of Harfax.
- (Conspirators of Gor, Chapter 37)