Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 19 | "What do you want?" I asked. |
| 17 | 20 | "I want to be your friend," said Sarm. |
| 17 | 21 | I made no move but I was startled to hear the Gorean expression for 'friend' emanate from Sarm's translator. |
| 17 | 22 | I knew there was no expression in the language of the priest-kings which was a satisfactory equivalent for the expression. |
| 17 | 23 | I had tried to find it on the translator and lexical tapes which Misk had placed at my disposal. |
| 17 | 24 | Literally what hearing the expression from Sarm meant was that he had had the item specially entered into his translator tapes and correlated with a random odor, much as if we had decided to invent a name to stand for some novel relation or object. |
| 17 | 25 | I wondered if Sarm had much idea of the meaning of the expression "friend" or if it were merely used because he calculated that it would produce a favorable impression on me. |
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"What do you want?" I asked.
"I want to be your friend," said Sarm.
I made no move but I was startled to hear the Gorean expression for 'friend' emanate from Sarm's translator.
I knew there was no expression in the language of the priest-kings which was a satisfactory equivalent for the expression.
I had tried to find it on the translator and lexical tapes which Misk had placed at my disposal.
Literally what hearing the expression from Sarm meant was that he had had the item specially entered into his translator tapes and correlated with a random odor, much as if we had decided to invent a name to stand for some novel relation or object.
I wondered if Sarm had much idea of the meaning of the expression "friend" or if it were merely used because he calculated that it would produce a favorable impression on me.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )