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Book 20. (1 results) Players of Gor (Individual Quote)

In the houses there is little conversation and no song. - (Players of Gor, Chapter 1, Sentence #77)
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1 77 In the houses there is View more quotes about little">little conversation and no song.

Book 20. (7 results) Players of Gor (Context Quote)

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1 74 During this time most Goreans remain within their houses.
1 75 It is in this time that the doors of many homes are sealed with pitch and have nailed to them branches of the brak bush, the leaves of which have a purgative effect.
1 76 These precautions, and others like them, are intended to discourage the entry of ill luck into the houses.
1 77 In the houses there is little conversation and no song.
1 78 It is a time, in general, of mourning, meditation and fasting.
1 79 All this changes, of course, with the arrival of the vernal equinox, which, in most Gorean cities, marks the New Year.
1 80 At dawn on the day of the vernal equinox a ceremonial greeting of the sun takes place, conducted usually by the ubar or administrator of the city.
During this time most Goreans remain within their houses. It is in this time that the doors of many homes are sealed with pitch and have nailed to them branches of the brak bush, the leaves of which have a purgative effect. These precautions, and others like them, are intended to discourage the entry of ill luck into the houses. In the houses there is little conversation and no song. It is a time, in general, of mourning, meditation and fasting. All this changes, of course, with the arrival of the vernal equinox, which, in most Gorean cities, marks the New Year. At dawn on the day of the vernal equinox a ceremonial greeting of the sun takes place, conducted usually by the ubar or administrator of the city. - (Players of Gor)