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I had the sense that he thought about what he was saying when he spoke, despite the trivial, hazy ambiance of the location, that of such a party, and the accepted customs of such gatherings. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 11, Sentence #401)

Do not herds, and ilks, bond so, and thus reassure one another? Truth, I suspect, is complex and obscure; ideology, on the other hand, is simple and clear; it is thus not surprising, I suppose, that it might be frequently preferred to truth. On the whole, however, he seldom spoke but, rather, listened to others, apparently carefully. Few listen, I suppose, because it is difficult to listen when one is oneself speaking. I had the sense that he thought about what he was saying when he spoke, despite the trivial, hazy ambiance of the location, that of such a party, and the accepted customs of such gatherings. Sometimes he would actually turn away from me, though politely. I had seen him later once in a while, here or there, but we had never spoken save for an exchange of routine pleasantries. He never asked me for the date which I had planned to deny him. - (Quarry of Gor)