Book 22. (1 results) Dancer of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 15 | View more quotes about thus">Thus I had hoped to put it from me, but I knew the thing had happened, that the words had been said, and had had their meaning, that which they had had at the time, and not necessarily that which I might now fervently desire to ascribe to them, and to such a man. |
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Book 22. (7 results) Dancer of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 12 | That was all. |
| 3 | 13 | I had taken the paper home. |
| 3 | 14 | The next day, after a troubled, restless night, and after hours of anxiety, misery and hesitation, I had suddenly, feverishly, burned it. |
| 3 | 15 | Thus I had hoped to put it from me, but I knew the thing had happened, that the words had been said, and had had their meaning, that which they had had at the time, and not necessarily that which I might now fervently desire to ascribe to them, and to such a man. |
| 3 | 16 | That the paper might be burned could not undo what was now transcribed in the reality of the world. |
| 3 | 17 | The incident, as you might well imagine, had much disturbed me. |
| 3 | 18 | For days it dominated my consciousness, obsessing me. |
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That was all.
I had taken the paper home.
The next day, after a troubled, restless night, and after hours of anxiety, misery and hesitation, I had suddenly, feverishly, burned it.
Thus I had hoped to put it from me, but I knew the thing had happened, that the words had been said, and had had their meaning, that which they had had at the time, and not necessarily that which I might now fervently desire to ascribe to them, and to such a man.
That the paper might be burned could not undo what was now transcribed in the reality of the world.
The incident, as you might well imagine, had much disturbed me.
For days it dominated my consciousness, obsessing me.
- (Dancer of Gor)