Book 11. (1 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 25 | 29 | "This View more quotes about seems">seems strange to me," said Samos. |
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Book 11. (7 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 25 | 26 | "What does it matter," Samos had asked Iskander, "whether a word is spoken before or after another?" "It may matter much," said Iskander. |
| 25 | 27 | "It is like the mechanism of the crossbow, the key to a lock. |
| 25 | 28 | All must be in order; each element must be in place, else the quarrel will not loosen, else the lock will not open". |
| 25 | 29 | "This seems strange to me," said Samos. |
| 25 | 30 | "It is strange to you because it is unfamiliar to you," said Iskander, "but in itself it is no more strange than the mechanism of the crossbow, the mechanism of the lock. |
| 25 | 31 | What we must do is reconstruct the mechanism, which, in this case is a verbal structure, a dialogue, which will release, or trigger, the salient behavior, the stringing of the beads". |
| 25 | 32 | "Could she not simply be commanded to recount the order of the beads?" inquired Bosk of Port Kar. |
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"What does it matter," Samos had asked Iskander, "whether a word is spoken before or after another?" "It may matter much," said Iskander.
"It is like the mechanism of the crossbow, the key to a lock.
All must be in order; each element must be in place, else the quarrel will not loosen, else the lock will not open".
"This seems strange to me," said Samos.
"It is strange to you because it is unfamiliar to you," said Iskander, "but in itself it is no more strange than the mechanism of the crossbow, the mechanism of the lock.
What we must do is reconstruct the mechanism, which, in this case is a verbal structure, a dialogue, which will release, or trigger, the salient behavior, the stringing of the beads".
"Could she not simply be commanded to recount the order of the beads?" inquired Bosk of Port Kar.
- (Slave Girl of Gor)