Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 14 | 442 | "View more quotes about suppose">Suppose now," he said, "the players are closely matched, and the board is balanced. |
| 14 | 443 | The game is frozen, arrested, and a draw is unwelcome". |
| 14 | 444 | "I do not understand," I said. |
| 14 | 445 | "Might not the players," he asked, "seek to resolve the game, in one way or another?" "Perhaps," I said. |
| 14 | 446 | "Might not even a spearman, least of the pieces, influence the outcome?" "But the game is balanced, arrested," I said. |
| 14 | 447 | "But might not the players," he suggested, "free the pieces?" "That would be to abandon the game," I said, "to forsake it, to substitute for its beauty, for its stately majesty, a sport of gambling stones, an extraction of ostraka from the urn, a casting of dice". |
| 14 | 448 | "Perhaps," said he, "it is another way of continuing the game, a darker, more fearful kaissa". |
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"Suppose now," he said, "the players are closely matched, and the board is balanced.
The game is frozen, arrested, and a draw is unwelcome".
"I do not understand," I said.
"Might not the players," he asked, "seek to resolve the game, in one way or another?" "Perhaps," I said.
"Might not even a spearman, least of the pieces, influence the outcome?" "But the game is balanced, arrested," I said.
"But might not the players," he suggested, "free the pieces?" "That would be to abandon the game," I said, "to forsake it, to substitute for its beauty, for its stately majesty, a sport of gambling stones, an extraction of ostraka from the urn, a casting of dice".
"Perhaps," said he, "it is another way of continuing the game, a darker, more fearful kaissa".
- (Smugglers of Gor)