Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 453 | View more quotes about consider">Consider an analogy: If a fellow steals a tarsk, he does not steal it to free it, but to keep it for himself. |
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 450 | This becomes clear when it is understood that for all practical purposes there is no escape for the Gorean slave girl. |
| 5 | 451 | She is marked, and collared, and slave clad, in a culture which not only accepts and supports her bondage, but approves of it, and, indeed, celebrates it. |
| 5 | 452 | If some bold fellow steals her from a given master it is not to free her, but to keep her as his own. |
| 5 | 453 | Consider an analogy: If a fellow steals a tarsk, he does not steal it to free it, but to keep it for himself. |
| 5 | 454 | The female slave, like the tarsk, has some value. |
| 5 | 455 | To be sure, a female slave is commonly regarded as far more valuable than a tarsk, but, then, too, commonly, of considerably less value than a trained sleen. |
| 5 | 456 | Female slaves are cheap; sleen are not. |
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This becomes clear when it is understood that for all practical purposes there is no escape for the Gorean slave girl.
She is marked, and collared, and slave clad, in a culture which not only accepts and supports her bondage, but approves of it, and, indeed, celebrates it.
If some bold fellow steals her from a given master it is not to free her, but to keep her as his own.
Consider an analogy: If a fellow steals a tarsk, he does not steal it to free it, but to keep it for himself.
The female slave, like the tarsk, has some value.
To be sure, a female slave is commonly regarded as far more valuable than a tarsk, but, then, too, commonly, of considerably less value than a trained sleen.
Female slaves are cheap; sleen are not.
- (Mercenaries of Gor)