• Home
  • Contact

Results Details

"caste " "sanctuary "

Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)

Chapter # Sentence # Quote
9 118 "Oh how pleased I was when they beat him and he cried out," she said, "for I hated him—so much I hated him—for he was not a true man and even though of the caste of Physicians could not stand pain.
9 119 He could not even bear to hear the cry of a larl".
9 120 I knew that Gorean caste lines, though largely following birth, were not inflexible, and that a man who did not care for his caste might be allowed to change caste, if approved by the High Council of his city, an approval usually contingent on his qualifications for the work of another caste and the willingness of the members of the new caste to accept him as a caste Brother.
9 121 "Perhaps," I suggested, "it was because he could not stand pain that he remained a member of the caste of Physicians".
9 122 "Perhaps," said Vika.
9 123 "He always wanted to stop suffering, even that of an animal or slave".
9 124 I smiled.
"Oh how pleased I was when they beat him and he cried out," she said, "for I hated him—so much I hated him—for he was not a true man and even though of the caste of Physicians could not stand pain. He could not even bear to hear the cry of a larl". I knew that Gorean caste lines, though largely following birth, were not inflexible, and that a man who did not care for his caste might be allowed to change caste, if approved by the High Council of his city, an approval usually contingent on his qualifications for the work of another caste and the willingness of the members of the new caste to accept him as a caste Brother. "Perhaps," I suggested, "it was because he could not stand pain that he remained a member of the caste of Physicians". "Perhaps," said Vika. "He always wanted to stop suffering, even that of an animal or slave". I smiled. - (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )