Book 12. (1 results) Beasts of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 290 | View more quotes about often">Often one man will tell you the name of his friend, and his friend will tell you his name. |
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Book 12. (7 results) Beasts of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 287 | This makes sense, as it is not their name, and it is not as if, in their speaking it, the name might somehow escape them. |
| 12 | 288 | This is also fortunate. |
| 12 | 289 | It is sometimes difficult, if not impossible, to get one of these fellows to tell you his own name. |
| 12 | 290 | Often one man will tell you the name of his friend, and his friend will tell you his name. |
| 12 | 291 | This way you learn the name of both, but from neither himself. |
| 12 | 292 | The names of the red hunters, incidentally, have meaning, but, generally, I content myself with reporting the name in their own language. |
| 12 | 293 | 'Imnak,' for example, means "Steep Mountain"; 'Poalu' means "Mitten"; 'Kadluk' means "Thunder". |
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This makes sense, as it is not their name, and it is not as if, in their speaking it, the name might somehow escape them.
This is also fortunate.
It is sometimes difficult, if not impossible, to get one of these fellows to tell you his own name.
Often one man will tell you the name of his friend, and his friend will tell you his name.
This way you learn the name of both, but from neither himself.
The names of the red hunters, incidentally, have meaning, but, generally, I content myself with reporting the name in their own language.
'Imnak,' for example, means "Steep Mountain"; 'Poalu' means "Mitten"; 'Kadluk' means "Thunder".
- (Beasts of Gor)