Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 20 | 94 | I View more quotes about wondered">wondered why this was, I a voyager and soldier, more fond of the tumultuous sea and the wind-swept field than the street and plaza. |
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 20 | 91 | We could not feel loneliness and woe. |
| 20 | 92 | And yet, for all these things, which so afflict so many of its own, how impressive is the city. |
| 20 | 93 | How precious it must be, that so many men are willing to pay its price. |
| 20 | 94 | I wondered why this was, I a voyager and soldier, more fond of the tumultuous sea and the wind-swept field than the street and plaza. |
| 20 | 95 | Perhaps because it is alive, like drums and trumpets. |
| 20 | 96 | To be near it or within it, to be stirred by its life, to call its cylinders their own, is for many reward enough. |
| 20 | 97 | The last fellow, climbing up and closing the cart gate behind him, took his seat. |
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We could not feel loneliness and woe.
And yet, for all these things, which so afflict so many of its own, how impressive is the city.
How precious it must be, that so many men are willing to pay its price.
I wondered why this was, I a voyager and soldier, more fond of the tumultuous sea and the wind-swept field than the street and plaza.
Perhaps because it is alive, like drums and trumpets.
To be near it or within it, to be stirred by its life, to call its cylinders their own, is for many reward enough.
The last fellow, climbing up and closing the cart gate behind him, took his seat.
- (Mercenaries of Gor)