Book 12. (1 results) Beasts of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 121 | "It is a message?" she View more quotes about asked">asked. |
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Book 12. (7 results) Beasts of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 118 | The security of the message, as is often the case, is a function not of the opacity of the message, in itself, but rather in its concealment, in its not being recognized as a message. |
| 2 | 119 | A casual individual would never expect that the seemingly incoherent design on a girl's ribbon would conceal a message which might be significant, or fateful. |
| 2 | 120 | From the girl's reactions I gathered that she understood now that the ribbon bore some message, but that she had not clearly understood this before. |
| 2 | 121 | "It is a message?" she asked. |
| 2 | 122 | "Yes," I said. |
| 2 | 123 | "What does it say?" she asked. |
| 2 | 124 | "It is none of your concern," I said. |
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The security of the message, as is often the case, is a function not of the opacity of the message, in itself, but rather in its concealment, in its not being recognized as a message.
A casual individual would never expect that the seemingly incoherent design on a girl's ribbon would conceal a message which might be significant, or fateful.
From the girl's reactions I gathered that she understood now that the ribbon bore some message, but that she had not clearly understood this before.
"It is a message?" she asked.
"Yes," I said.
"What does it say?" she asked.
"It is none of your concern," I said.
- (Beasts of Gor)