Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 24 | 281 | For the View more quotes about instant">instant it seemed the world shook beneath me. |
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Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 24 | 278 | My fingers scarcely seeming mine, scarcely able to move, touched the knot. |
| 24 | 279 | It was an intricate knot, feminine, complex, with playful turnings here and there, small loops. |
| 24 | 280 | I could not breathe. |
| 24 | 281 | For the instant it seemed the world shook beneath me. |
| 24 | 282 | It was a beautiful knot. |
| 24 | 283 | I touched it, and, trembling, scarcely breathing, carefully, began to untie the knot, counting each bend and turn, each delicate twist and motion of the cords. |
| 24 | 284 | I had untied only a bit of the knot when I leaped to my feet with a cry and turned, running as though demented, crying out, down the corridors once more to the court of the Ubar. |
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My fingers scarcely seeming mine, scarcely able to move, touched the knot.
It was an intricate knot, feminine, complex, with playful turnings here and there, small loops.
I could not breathe.
For the instant it seemed the world shook beneath me.
It was a beautiful knot.
I touched it, and, trembling, scarcely breathing, carefully, began to untie the knot, counting each bend and turn, each delicate twist and motion of the cords.
I had untied only a bit of the knot when I leaped to my feet with a cry and turned, running as though demented, crying out, down the corridors once more to the court of the Ubar.
- (Assassin of Gor)