Goreans do not eschew emotion; eagerness, zeal, warmth, heat and passion are common with them; they tend to be vehement, hearty, cordial, enthusiastic, ardent, impetuous; they are quick to anger, quick to forget, quick to laugh; they do not pretend to subscribe to obvious falsehoods; they value truth over hypocrisy; they have not yet learned to dishonor honor; to live among such folk is to be emotionally free; they live closer, perhaps, to their bodies than some others.
Prize of Gor Book 27 Page 389
Gorean men are relatively open with their emotions, from demonstrating such with Gorean applause, striking their left shoulder with the right hand, to striking spear blades on shields to stomping their feet and even singing.
On the other hand, there are periods of misery, silence, mourning, fasting, and meditation.
Gorean men are also known to weep without shame, even shaking with emotion. A strong man may feel and express emotions, the hypocrisy of constraint is not honored on Gor this planet as it is on Earth.
Funeral processions do not chant or sing or speak, for this was not a time for such things. They are silent, for at such a time words mean nothing, and would demean or insult; in such a time there can be for Goreans only silence, memory and fire.
The one emotion never shown is pity.
I wish you well,
Fogaban
My father was smiling. I removed my helmet, feeling proud as I heard the approval of the Council, both in voice and by Gorean applause, the quick, repeated striking of the left shoulder with the palm of the right hand. Aside from candidates for the status of Warrior, none of my caste was permitted to enter the Council armed. Had they been armed, my caste brothers in the last tier would have struck their spear blades on their shields. As it was, they smote their shoulders in the civilian manner, more exuberantly perhaps than was compatible with the decorum of that weighty chamber.
Tarnsman of Gor Book 1 Page 63
The men of Pa-Kur stamped their feet in the sand and clanged their spears on their shields.
Tarnsman of Gor Book 1 Page 137
The men and women in the crowd roared their approval. They stomped on the turf. Some began to sing.
Beasts of Gor Book 12 Page 219
Each month, containing five five-day weeks, is separated by a five-day period, called the Passage Hand, from every other month, there being one exception to this, which is that the last month of the year is separated from the first month of the year, which begins with the Vernal Equinox, not only by a Passage Hand, but by another five-day period called the Waiting Hand, during which doorways are painted white, little food is eaten, little is drunk and there is to be no singing or public rejoicing in the city; during this time Goreans go out as little as possible; the Initiates, interestingly enough, do not make much out of the Waiting Hand in their ceremonies and preachments, which leads one to believe it is not intended to be of any sort of religious significance; it is perhaps, in its way, a period of mourning for the old year; Goreans, living much of their lives in the open, on the bridges and in the streets, are much closer to nature's year than most humans of Earth; but on the Vernal Equinox which marks the first day of the New Year in most Gorean cities, there is great rejoicing; the doorways are painted green, and there is song on the bridges, games, contests, visitings of friends and much feasting, which lasts for the first ten days of the first month, thereby doubling the period taken in the Waiting Hand.
Assassin of Gor Book 5 Page 78
In the houses there is little conversation and no song. It is a time, in general, of mourning, meditation and fasting.
Players of Gor Book 20 Page 10
At dawn on the day of the vernal equinox a ceremonial greeting of the sun takes place,
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There are processions and various events, such as contests and games. It is a time of festival. The day is one of celebration.
Players of Gor Book 20 Page 10
These festivities, of course, are in marked contrast to the solemnities and abstinences of the Waiting Hand. The Waiting Hand is a time, in general, of misery, silence and fasting.
Players of Gor Book 20 Page 10
During the Waiting Hand, in Cos, as elsewhere, surely in Ar, I do not know how it is in Brundisium, one does little. It is a time, in effect, of fear, misery, despair, and mourning.
Mariners of Gor Book 30 Page 179
He straightened and turned to face me across that simple, strange room. It was impossible to tell if he had wept. He looked at me with sadness in his eyes, and his rather stern features seemed for a moment to be tender.
Tarnsman of Gor Book 1 Page 25
"Where is Liana?" I asked Andreas.
For once his voice was sad. "On one of the Great Farms," he said. "I failed her."
Outlaw of Gor Book 2 Pages 149 - 150
The procession did not chant, nor sing, for this was not a time for such things, nor did it carry boughs of Ka-la-na, nor were the sounds of the sista or tambor heard in the sunlight that morning. At such a time as this Goreans do not sing nor speak. They are silent, for at such a time words mean nothing, and would demean or insult; in such a time there can be for Goreans only silence, memory and fire.
Assassin of Gor Book 5 Page 2
We met in the center of the room and embraced. I wept, and he did, too, without shame. I learned later that on this alien world a strong man may feel and express emotions, and that the hypocrisy of constraint is not honored on this planet as it is on mine.
Tarnsman of Gor Book 1 Page 25
I lurched into the tent of Kazrak and fell on the sleeping mat, shaking with emotion. I sobbed.
Tarnsman of Gor Book 1 Page 190
Then suddenly I ceased to pity myself, and I was shocked, for looking into the eyes of the robed figure I saw human warmth in them, tears for me. It was pity, the forbidden emotion, and yet he could not restrain himself. Somehow the power I had felt in his presence seemed to have vanished. I was now only in the presence of a man, a fellow human being even though he wore the sublime robes of the proud Caste of Initiates.
Outlaw of Gor Book 2 Page 43
"He did it for Eechius," said Telima.
"Eechius was killed on the island," said Ho-Hak.
"Eechius had given him rence cake when he was bound at the pole," said Telima. "It was for him that he did this."
Ho-Hak looked at me. There were tears in his eyes. "I am grateful, Warrior," said he.
Raiders of Gor Book 6 Page 88
"Admiral!" cried the voice from the masthead. "The fleet of Cos and Tyros is putting about! They fly!" I shook with emotion. I could not speak. The men were cheering about me. Then I said, "Recall our ships."
Raiders of Gor Book 6 Page 279
"Tears are not unbecoming to the soldier," said Callimachus. "The soldier is a man of deep passions, and emotion. Many men cannot even understand his depths. Do not fear your currents and your powers. In the soldier are flowers and storms. Each is a part of him, and each is real. Accept both. Deny neither."
Guardsman of Gor Book 16 Page 238
The typical Gorean male, particularly of what the high castes think of as the lower castes, tends to be direct, open, uninhibited, unrestrained, high-spirited, exuberant, and emotional. He is quick to take umbrage, quick to fight, quick to forgive, quick to forget.
Swordsmen of Gor Book 29 Page 413
