Book 32. (1 results) Smugglers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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Quote
14
448
"Perhaps," said he, "it is another way of continuing the game, a darker, more fearful kaissa".
"Perhaps," said he, "it is another way of continuing the game, a darker, more fearful kaissa".
- (Smugglers of Gor, Chapter 14, Sentence #448)
Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
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Quote
14
445
"Might not the players," he asked, "seek to resolve the game, in one way or another?" "Perhaps," I said.
14
446
"Might not even a spearman, least of the pieces, influence the outcome?" "But the game is balanced, arrested," I said.
14
447
"But might not the players," he suggested, "free the pieces?" "That would be to abandon the game," I said, "to forsake it, to substitute for its beauty, for its stately majesty, a sport of gambling stones, an extraction of ostraka from the urn, a casting of dice".
14
448
"Perhaps," said he, "it is another way of continuing the game, a darker, more fearful kaissa".
14
449
"I do not understand," I said.
14
450
"Suppose something were at issue," he said.
14
451
"A world?" I asked.
"Might not the players," he asked, "seek to resolve the game, in one way or another?" "Perhaps," I said.
"Might not even a spearman, least of the pieces, influence the outcome?" "But the game is balanced, arrested," I said.
"But might not the players," he suggested, "free the pieces?" "That would be to abandon the game," I said, "to forsake it, to substitute for its beauty, for its stately majesty, a sport of gambling stones, an extraction of ostraka from the urn, a casting of dice".
"Perhaps," said he, "it is another way of continuing the game, a darker, more fearful kaissa".
"I do not understand," I said.
"Suppose something were at issue," he said.
"A world?" I asked.
- (Smugglers of Gor, Chapter 14)