Book 7. (1 results) Captive of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 375 | It is a View more quotes about rare">rare man who will approach a tarn. |
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Book 7. (7 results) Captive of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 372 | Sometimes when one of the great birds screamed, several of them would scream, too, and run, huddling away against our bars, or flying into their log dormitory. |
| 8 | 373 | I do not know why it is that women fear tarns so terribly, but we do. |
| 8 | 374 | But most men do, too. |
| 8 | 375 | It is a rare man who will approach a tarn. |
| 8 | 376 | It is said that the tarn knows who is a tarnsman and who is not, and if one approaches him who is not, he will seize him and rip him to pieces. |
| 8 | 377 | It is little wonder that few men approach the beasts. |
| 8 | 378 | I had seen tarn keepers about, but, except for Haakon of Skjern, I had seen no tarnsmen. |
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Sometimes when one of the great birds screamed, several of them would scream, too, and run, huddling away against our bars, or flying into their log dormitory.
I do not know why it is that women fear tarns so terribly, but we do.
But most men do, too.
It is a rare man who will approach a tarn.
It is said that the tarn knows who is a tarnsman and who is not, and if one approaches him who is not, he will seize him and rip him to pieces.
It is little wonder that few men approach the beasts.
I had seen tarn keepers about, but, except for Haakon of Skjern, I had seen no tarnsmen.
- (Captive of Gor)