It’s a problematic thing — using quotes from the books.

You see, people do not always use quotes from the books properly. They will take one sentence and declare it as absolute law. However, if one reads the entire passage or scene, they will discover that the one particular sentence means something altogether different.

Everytime I see someone use one or two sentences to drive in their point on a particular matter, I’m always prompted to leap for my book and read the few pages leading up to the sentences quoted, as well as a page or two thereafter to get the real feel of what was being said.

An example is this quote:

“Face-stripping a free woman, against her will, can be a serious crime on Gor.” ~ Kajria of Gor, pg. 183.

However, this is the entire paragraph.

“Then he jerked away the veil of state from my features. I, though a free woman, had been face-stripped before free men. My face was as bare to them as though I might be a slave. Face-stripping a free woman, against her will, can be a serious crime on Gor. On the other hand, Corcyrus had now fallen. Her women, thusly, now at the feet of her conquerors, would be little better than slaves. Any fate could now be inflicted on them that the conquerors might wish, including making them actual slaves. The hand of Miles of Argentum then brushed back my robes, that my whole head and features, to the throat, might be revealed to the crowd.” ~ Kajria of Gor, pg. 183.

It reads much differently, doesn’t it? -s-

Whenever I use a quote to bring out a point, I make sure read to read the few pages leading up to the sentences quoted, as well as a page or two thereafter to get the real feel of what was being said.