Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 886 | It is, one fears, as View more quotes about though">though one were in one's place, before one's master. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 883 | I knelt. |
| 3 | 884 | As a man, you probably do not know what it is for a woman to kneel before a man, to be at his feet, to lift your head, to look up at him, or to keep your head down before him, if commanded. |
| 3 | 885 | It is symbolic of your utter otherness, of your softness before his hardness, your weakness before his strength, your slightness before his might, your beauty and helplessness before his virility and power, your readiness before his command. |
| 3 | 886 | It is, one fears, as though one were in one's place, before one's master. |
| 3 | 887 | How, I ask, can a woman so situated, one on her knees, speak to a man?" "As a woman," I suggested. |
| 3 | 888 | "It is a position of petition, or submission, is it not?" she asked. |
| 3 | 889 | "Yes," I said. |
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I knelt.
As a man, you probably do not know what it is for a woman to kneel before a man, to be at his feet, to lift your head, to look up at him, or to keep your head down before him, if commanded.
It is symbolic of your utter otherness, of your softness before his hardness, your weakness before his strength, your slightness before his might, your beauty and helplessness before his virility and power, your readiness before his command.
It is, one fears, as though one were in one's place, before one's master.
How, I ask, can a woman so situated, one on her knees, speak to a man?" "As a woman," I suggested.
"It is a position of petition, or submission, is it not?" she asked.
"Yes," I said.
- (Mariners of Gor)