Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 119 | Perhaps the major difference between these worlds is that in one nature is feared and rejected, with the result that civilization is essentially a denial of nature, almost its antithesis, a war conducted against a suspect nature, as though nature was an enemy, to be suppressed at all costs, rather than the foundation of one's very being. |
| 4 | 120 | On Gor, civilization is not a flight from nature, but its acceptance, refinement, and enhancement. |
| 4 | 121 | Gorean culture is built on nature, and within it, not against it, and apart from it. |
| 4 | 122 | Unhappiness and misery is a high cost to pay for the denial of nature; it is well, I suppose, at least, that the victims are encouraged to think well of themselves, taking their unease, grief, and wretchedness as badges of rectitude. |
| 4 | 123 | You may teach a bird that flight is evil, and break its wings, but its heart will always remember the sky. |
| 4 | 124 | The auctioneer had begun taking bids on the barbarian. |
| 4 | 125 | I would not bid. |
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Perhaps the major difference between these worlds is that in one nature is feared and rejected, with the result that civilization is essentially a denial of nature, almost its antithesis, a war conducted against a suspect nature, as though nature was an enemy, to be suppressed at all costs, rather than the foundation of one's very being.
On Gor, civilization is not a flight from nature, but its acceptance, refinement, and enhancement.
Gorean culture is built on nature, and within it, not against it, and apart from it.
Unhappiness and misery is a high cost to pay for the denial of nature; it is well, I suppose, at least, that the victims are encouraged to think well of themselves, taking their unease, grief, and wretchedness as badges of rectitude.
You may teach a bird that flight is evil, and break its wings, but its heart will always remember the sky.
The auctioneer had begun taking bids on the barbarian.
I would not bid.
- (Smugglers of Gor, Chapter )