Book 14. (1 results) Fighting Slave of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 7 | 42 | I rose from the View more quotes about bench">bench and walked about the cell. |
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Book 14. (7 results) Fighting Slave of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 7 | 39 | But if the people, truly, ruled, why and how could their planet's processes proceed in such obvious ways inimical to their welfare? How could their world be so miserable for the people if they were truly kings within it? But perhaps they were not kings within it. |
| 7 | 40 | Perhaps they have only been told they are kings, and that satisfies them. |
| 7 | 41 | Who, I wondered, were the true kings? Or, perhaps there were no kings, truly, only the madness of the untended machine. |
| 7 | 42 | I rose from the bench and walked about the cell. |
| 7 | 43 | I felt one of the damp walls. |
| 7 | 44 | I was grateful for the blanket I now had. |
| 7 | 45 | I went and felt the heavy bars, with the lateral crosspieces, which formed one side of the cell. |
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But if the people, truly, ruled, why and how could their planet's processes proceed in such obvious ways inimical to their welfare? How could their world be so miserable for the people if they were truly kings within it? But perhaps they were not kings within it.
Perhaps they have only been told they are kings, and that satisfies them.
Who, I wondered, were the true kings? Or, perhaps there were no kings, truly, only the madness of the untended machine.
I rose from the bench and walked about the cell.
I felt one of the damp walls.
I was grateful for the blanket I now had.
I went and felt the heavy bars, with the lateral crosspieces, which formed one side of the cell.
- (Fighting Slave of Gor)