Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 33 | 97 | "I View more quotes about fear">fear," said Lord Nishida, "it is a game, which we are to resolve on another's board". |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 33 | 94 | Lord Nishida shuddered, and I did not inquire the cause of his concern. |
| 33 | 95 | It had to do, doubtless, with those left behind, not in the camp, not at the edge of the sea, but others, for whom they had fought, perhaps hundreds of vulnerable thousands of others, townsmen, retainers, peasants and such, in undefended districts, then perhaps at the undisputed mercy of some disappointed, vindictive foe. |
| 33 | 96 | "I understand little of this," I said. |
| 33 | 97 | "I fear," said Lord Nishida, "it is a game, which we are to resolve on another's board". |
| 33 | 98 | "I do not understand," I said. |
| 33 | 99 | "The gods wager," he said. |
| 33 | 100 | "Doubtless they have their sport, their interest in which drop of water will be first to reach a sill, which insect will be the first to cross a line". |
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Lord Nishida shuddered, and I did not inquire the cause of his concern.
It had to do, doubtless, with those left behind, not in the camp, not at the edge of the sea, but others, for whom they had fought, perhaps hundreds of vulnerable thousands of others, townsmen, retainers, peasants and such, in undefended districts, then perhaps at the undisputed mercy of some disappointed, vindictive foe.
"I understand little of this," I said.
"I fear," said Lord Nishida, "it is a game, which we are to resolve on another's board".
"I do not understand," I said.
"The gods wager," he said.
"Doubtless they have their sport, their interest in which drop of water will be first to reach a sill, which insect will be the first to cross a line".
- (Swordsmen of Gor)