Book 8. (7 results) Hunters of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 215 | For a long time Marlenus studied the expressions on Verna's face. |
| 10 | 216 | I had thought that her face was expressionless, but, as I, too, studied it, looking upon it with great attention and care, I saw that it was marvelous and changing and subtle. |
| 10 | 217 | And I understood then that our simple words for emotions, such as pride, and hate, and fear, are gross and inadequate. |
| 10 | 218 | The sharpened stone clutched in the hand of a shambling beast is a delicate instrument compared to the clumsy noises, these piteous vocabularies, with which we, unwary men, dare to speak of realities. |
| 10 | 219 | I know of no language in which the truth may be spoken. |
| 10 | 220 | The truth can be seen, and felt, and known, but I do not think it may be spoken. |
| 10 | 221 | Each of us learns it, but none of us, I think, can tell another what it is. |
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For a long time Marlenus studied the expressions on Verna's face.
I had thought that her face was expressionless, but, as I, too, studied it, looking upon it with great attention and care, I saw that it was marvelous and changing and subtle.
And I understood then that our simple words for emotions, such as pride, and hate, and fear, are gross and inadequate.
The sharpened stone clutched in the hand of a shambling beast is a delicate instrument compared to the clumsy noises, these piteous vocabularies, with which we, unwary men, dare to speak of realities.
I know of no language in which the truth may be spoken.
The truth can be seen, and felt, and known, but I do not think it may be spoken.
Each of us learns it, but none of us, I think, can tell another what it is.
- (Hunters of Gor, Chapter )