Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 20 | 54 | I cut my View more quotes about hand">hand with the ring, to make myself bleed, and I laughed with joy as I felt the pain and saw the blood. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 20 | 51 | But then, on the ground near my boot, I saw it—a small object, a tiny, round object. |
| 20 | 52 | I fell on my knees and snatched it up, my eyes bursting with tears, my heart knowing the full sweep of the saddest joy that can overwhelm a man. |
| 20 | 53 | In my hand I held the ring of red metal, the ring that bore the crest of Cabot, the gift of my father. |
| 20 | 54 | I cut my hand with the ring, to make myself bleed, and I laughed with joy as I felt the pain and saw the blood. |
| 20 | 55 | The ring was real, and I was awake, and there was a Counter-Earth, and the girl, Talena. |
| 20 | 56 | When I emerged from the mountains, I found I had been gone seven months. |
| 20 | 57 | It was simple enough to feign amnesia, and what other account of those seven months would my world accept? I spent a few days in a public hospital, under observation, and was then allowed to leave. |
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But then, on the ground near my boot, I saw it—a small object, a tiny, round object.
I fell on my knees and snatched it up, my eyes bursting with tears, my heart knowing the full sweep of the saddest joy that can overwhelm a man.
In my hand I held the ring of red metal, the ring that bore the crest of Cabot, the gift of my father.
I cut my hand with the ring, to make myself bleed, and I laughed with joy as I felt the pain and saw the blood.
The ring was real, and I was awake, and there was a Counter-Earth, and the girl, Talena.
When I emerged from the mountains, I found I had been gone seven months.
It was simple enough to feign amnesia, and what other account of those seven months would my world accept? I spent a few days in a public hospital, under observation, and was then allowed to leave.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)