Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 2 | 184 | "Sometimes," said my father, his eyes still faraway, "when men are old or have had enough of life, they assault the mountains, looking for the secret of immortality in the barren crags. |
| 2 | 185 | If they have found their immortality, none have confirmed it, for none have returned to the Tower Cities". |
| 2 | 186 | He looked at me. |
| 2 | 187 | "Some think that such men in time become priest-kings themselves. |
| 2 | 188 | My own speculation, which I judge as likely or unlikely to be true as the more popular superstitious stories, is that it is death to learn the secret of the priest-kings". |
| 2 | 189 | "You do not know that," I said. |
| 2 | 190 | "No," admitted my father. |
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"Sometimes," said my father, his eyes still faraway, "when men are old or have had enough of life, they assault the mountains, looking for the secret of immortality in the barren crags.
If they have found their immortality, none have confirmed it, for none have returned to the Tower Cities".
He looked at me.
"Some think that such men in time become priest-kings themselves.
My own speculation, which I judge as likely or unlikely to be true as the more popular superstitious stories, is that it is death to learn the secret of the priest-kings".
"You do not know that," I said.
"No," admitted my father.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )