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But one knows a stronger wine, one for which many are willing to stake life itself. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 1, Sentence #188)

As song to the poet and gold to the merchant would not this place, so lofty and beautiful, with its aspects and promises, call to the ruler, the leader, the soldier, the robber, the brigand, the warrior, the slayer, the commander, the Ubar? I thought so. Was this not ground from which to rule? What do men seek? Many traps are baited with silver. Many seek a cell, if only its bars be of gold? The wine of riches is a heady wine. But one knows a stronger wine, one for which many are willing to stake life itself. What delirium of kanda, I wondered, can compare with the rapture of that greater drug? But who, who listens carefully, can fail to hear the dark notes of terror in its bright song, to which the unwary hasten to succumb. Its wine is the headiest. I heard guardsmen call the watch, that all was well. - (Rebels of Gor)