Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | 97 | "I fear," said Lord Nishida, "it is a game, which we are to resolve on another's board". |
| 33 | 98 | "I do not understand," I said. |
| 33 | 99 | "The gods wager," he said. |
| 33 | 100 | "Doubtless they have their sport, their interest in which drop of water will be first to reach a sill, which insect will be the first to cross a line". |
| 33 | 101 | My blood seemed for a moment to turn cold. |
| 33 | 102 | I then began to suspect that it was not in the toils of Priest-Kings that we labored, or in those of Kurii, to achieve their ends. |
| 33 | 103 | It was our own game, in its way, but one on which more powerful beings, Priest-Kings or Kurii, in a moment of recreation, or perhaps truce, had seen fit to wager. |
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"I fear," said Lord Nishida, "it is a game, which we are to resolve on another's board".
"I do not understand," I said.
"The gods wager," he said.
"Doubtless they have their sport, their interest in which drop of water will be first to reach a sill, which insect will be the first to cross a line".
My blood seemed for a moment to turn cold.
I then began to suspect that it was not in the toils of Priest-Kings that we labored, or in those of Kurii, to achieve their ends.
It was our own game, in its way, but one on which more powerful beings, Priest-Kings or Kurii, in a moment of recreation, or perhaps truce, had seen fit to wager.
- (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter )