Book 2. (7 results) Outlaw of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 52 | I leaned on my spear and waited. |
| 6 | 53 | The harsh, exogamous institution of capture is woven into the very fabric of Gorean life. |
| 6 | 54 | It is regarded as meritorious to abduct one's women from a foreign, preferably hostile city. |
| 6 | 55 | Perhaps this institution, which on the surface seems so deplorable, is profitable from the standpoint of the race, preventing the gradual inbreeding of otherwise largely isolated, self-sufficient cities. |
| 6 | 56 | Few seem to object to the institution of capture, not even the women who might seem to be its victims. |
| 6 | 57 | On the contrary, incredibly enough, their vanity is terribly outraged if they are not regarded as worth the risks, usually mutilation and impalement. |
| 6 | 58 | One cruel courtesan in the great city of Ar, now little more than a toothless, wrinkled hag, boasted that more than four hundred men had died because of her beauty. |
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I leaned on my spear and waited.
The harsh, exogamous institution of capture is woven into the very fabric of Gorean life.
It is regarded as meritorious to abduct one's women from a foreign, preferably hostile city.
Perhaps this institution, which on the surface seems so deplorable, is profitable from the standpoint of the race, preventing the gradual inbreeding of otherwise largely isolated, self-sufficient cities.
Few seem to object to the institution of capture, not even the women who might seem to be its victims.
On the contrary, incredibly enough, their vanity is terribly outraged if they are not regarded as worth the risks, usually mutilation and impalement.
One cruel courtesan in the great city of Ar, now little more than a toothless, wrinkled hag, boasted that more than four hundred men had died because of her beauty.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter )