Book 22. (1 results) Dancer of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 16 | That the paper View more quotes about might">might be burned could not undo what was now transcribed in the reality of the world. |
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Book 22. (7 results) Dancer of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 3 | 19 | Then, later, mercifully, when I gradually began to understand how foolish my fears were, I was able to return my attention to the important routines of my life, my duties in the library, my reading, my shopping, and so on. |
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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.
Then, later, mercifully, when I gradually began to understand how foolish my fears were, I was able to return my attention to the important routines of my life, my duties in the library, my reading, my shopping, and so on.
- (Dancer of Gor)