Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 18 | 207 | For View more quotes about example">example, many Goreans will give up, or postpone, a journey which begins with a misstep, or stumble. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 18 | 204 | "Then not so much," said Sakim. |
| 18 | 205 | There is a superstition shared by many Gorean mariners, that it is unlucky to have a free woman aboard ship, particularly if there is only one. |
| 18 | 206 | As with many superstitions, it may have its origin in forgotten or neglected realities. |
| 18 | 207 | For example, many Goreans will give up, or postpone, a journey which begins with a misstep, or stumble. |
| 18 | 208 | This view may be less pointless than it seems. |
| 18 | 209 | If one recognizes, perhaps only subconsciously, that a journey is likely to be ill-advised, or ill-fated, such a little thing as a stumble may constitute a warning to be well-heeded. |
| 18 | 210 | In the case of the free woman, mysterious, exalted, lofty, veiled, possibly beautiful, and inaccessible, particularly in a long voyage, as tensions rise, one has something analogous to fresh, raw meat cast before hungry sleen, or, say, a banquet placed before starving men. |
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"Then not so much," said Sakim.
There is a superstition shared by many Gorean mariners, that it is unlucky to have a free woman aboard ship, particularly if there is only one.
As with many superstitions, it may have its origin in forgotten or neglected realities.
For example, many Goreans will give up, or postpone, a journey which begins with a misstep, or stumble.
This view may be less pointless than it seems.
If one recognizes, perhaps only subconsciously, that a journey is likely to be ill-advised, or ill-fated, such a little thing as a stumble may constitute a warning to be well-heeded.
In the case of the free woman, mysterious, exalted, lofty, veiled, possibly beautiful, and inaccessible, particularly in a long voyage, as tensions rise, one has something analogous to fresh, raw meat cast before hungry sleen, or, say, a banquet placed before starving men.
- (Avengers of Gor)