Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
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Quote
2
140
The urt often survives where the larl perishes.
2
141
And yet I did not think the urt the better for this.
2
142
It remains an urt.
2
143
death need not be a defeat; to die well is the final victory.
2
144
"Ho!" I cried to the night.
2
145
"I am here! Greet me!" It would be doubtless unpleasant to return to one's city, routed and defeated, clad in ashes and rags, to face its councils, to be denied bread, fire, and salt, but better, I thought, that than flight, or falling upon one's sword, for then one might return to war.
2
146
Life, I thought, sometimes requires a greater courage than death.
The urt often survives where the larl perishes.
And yet I did not think the urt the better for this.
It remains an urt.
death need not be a defeat; to die well is the final victory.
"Ho!" I cried to the night.
"I am here! Greet me!" It would be doubtless unpleasant to return to one's city, routed and defeated, clad in ashes and rags, to face its councils, to be denied bread, fire, and salt, but better, I thought, that than flight, or falling upon one's sword, for then one might return to war.
Life, I thought, sometimes requires a greater courage than death.
- (Rebels of Gor, Chapter )