“ I took her in my arms and kissed her.And thus in the midst of a city of wild conflict, filled with the alarms of war; with death and destruction reaping their terrible harvest around her, did Dejah Th… Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ There was one slight, desperate chance, and that I decided I must take--it was for Dejah Thoris, and no man has lived who would not risk a thousand deaths for such as she. Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ Twenty years have intervened; for ten of them I lived and fought for Dejah Thoris and her people, and for ten I have lived upon her memory. Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ And so, in silence, we walked the surface of a dying world, but in the breast of one of us at least had been born that which is ever oldest, yet ever new.I loved Dejah Thoris. The touch of my arm upon… Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ Day had now given away to night and as we wandered along the great avenue lighted by the two moons of Barsoom, and with Earth looking down upon us out of her luminous green eye, it seemed that we were… Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ The girls head went high. There could be but one suitable reply to your assertion, Mr. Clayton, she said icily, and I regret that I am not a man, that I might make it. She turned quickly and entered t… Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ Captain Billings, he drawled finally, if you will pardon my candor, I might remark that you are something of an ass, don't you know. Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ The magnificent diamond locket which hung about Tarzan's neck, had been a source of much wonderment to Jane. She pointed to it now, and Tarzan removed it and handed the pretty bauble to her.She saw th… Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ What--has O-Tar seen an ulsio and fainted? demanded I-Gos with broad sarcasm.Men have died for less than that, ancient one, E-Thas reminded him.I am safe, retorted I-Gos, for I am not a brave and popu… Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ It is strange how new and unexpected conditions bring out unguessed ability to meet them. Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ I had aimed at Mars and was about to hit Venus; unquestionably the all-time cosmic record for poor shots. Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ As a mistress, death seemed lacking in many essentials. Therefore, I decided not to die. Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ They say that none of us exists, except in the imagination of his fellows, other than as an intangible, invisible mentality. Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ As much as I enjoy a fight, I cannot always indulge myself, and just now I had more weighty matters to occupy my time than spilling the blood of strange warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious belief in lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly above us, to whose personal profit and aggrandizement it was to have… Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ If your vocation be shoeing horses, or painting pictures, and you can do one or the other better than your fellows, then you are a fool if you are not proud of your ability. And so I am very proud tha… Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ If I sometimes seem to take too great pride in my fighting ability, it must be remembered that fighting is my vocation. Edgar Rice Burroughs
“ To lose the only creature in all his world who ever had manifested love and affection for him was the greatest tragedy he had ever known. Edgar Rice Burroughs
