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Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)

I had no desire to die eventually of starvation in the lonely aerie of my tarn. - (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 12, Sentence #165)
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12 165 I had no View more quotes about desire">desire to die eventually of starvation in the lonely aerie of my tarn.

Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)

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12 162 Now it was no longer there.
12 163 Whether I could control the tarn or not would probably, at least for a time, depend on whether or not he had been successful in his hunt and on how well the tarn keepers had done their work with the young bird.
12 164 And would it not also depend on how deep the bite of freedom had been felt by the bird, how ready he would be to be controlled once more by man? With my spear I could kill him, but that would not rescue me from the ledge.
12 165 I had no desire to die eventually of starvation in the lonely aerie of my tarn.
12 166 I would leave on his back or die.
12 167 In the hours that remained before the tarn returned to his nest, I used the binding fiber and bowstrings to repair, as well as I could, the harness and saddle.
12 168 By the time my great mount had settled again on his ledge, I had finished my work, even to restoring the gear in my saddle pack.
Now it was no longer there. Whether I could control the tarn or not would probably, at least for a time, depend on whether or not he had been successful in his hunt and on how well the tarn keepers had done their work with the young bird. And would it not also depend on how deep the bite of freedom had been felt by the bird, how ready he would be to be controlled once more by man? With my spear I could kill him, but that would not rescue me from the ledge. I had no desire to die eventually of starvation in the lonely aerie of my tarn. I would leave on his back or die. In the hours that remained before the tarn returned to his nest, I used the binding fiber and bowstrings to repair, as well as I could, the harness and saddle. By the time my great mount had settled again on his ledge, I had finished my work, even to restoring the gear in my saddle pack. - (Tarnsman of Gor)