Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 22 | 247 | He raced View more quotes about once">once or twice after that, and then no more. |
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Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 22 | 244 | "Long ago," said the crossbowman, "there was a rider of racing tarns. |
| 22 | 245 | In a given race, attempting the head pass, he misjudged the distance and was struck bodily from the saddle by the high bar of the first of the center side rings. |
| 22 | 246 | He was dropped broken into the path of following tarns, torn, and fell again to the lower bar of the ring and then to the net. |
| 22 | 247 | He raced once or twice after that, and then no more. |
| 22 | 248 | His timing, his judgment were no longer sure. |
| 22 | 249 | He feared then the rings, the birds. |
| 22 | 250 | His confidence, his skill, his nerve were gone. |
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"Long ago," said the crossbowman, "there was a rider of racing tarns.
In a given race, attempting the head pass, he misjudged the distance and was struck bodily from the saddle by the high bar of the first of the center side rings.
He was dropped broken into the path of following tarns, torn, and fell again to the lower bar of the ring and then to the net.
He raced once or twice after that, and then no more.
His timing, his judgment were no longer sure.
He feared then the rings, the birds.
His confidence, his skill, his nerve were gone.
- (Assassin of Gor)