Edgar Rice Burroughs Quotes

A warrior may change his metal, but not his heart.

And so he learned to read. From then on his progress was rapid.

And then again, had I declared myself I should have robbed the woman I love of the wealth and position that her marriage to Clayton will now insure to her. I could not have done that—could I, Paul?

As he emerged again and crossed through the dining-room he saw that Murray had regained consciousness and was sitting at a table wiping the blood from his face with a wet napkin. As Murray’s eyes fell...

As he passed through the winding corridors and the subterranean apartments, Tarzan saw nothing of the hyenas. They will return, he said to himself. In the crater between the towering walls Bukawai, co...

Few western wonders are more inspiring than the beauties of an Arizona moonlit landscape; the silvered mountains in the distance, the strange lights and shadows upon hog back and arroyo, and the grote...

He killed for food most often, but, being a man, he sometimes killed for pleasure, a thing which no other animal does; for it has remained for man alone among all creatures to kill senselessly and wan...

Her queenly head was poised haughtily upon her smooth red shoulders. Her

I am a fighting man, not a scientist. Here,

I don't intend to shoot at him but I might succeed in frightening him away if he attempts to reach us here. Haven't you ever seen a trainer work with lions? He carries a silly little pop-gun loaded wi...

I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate and experiment where wiser men would have left well enough alone.

I know that the average human mind will not believe what it cannot grasp, and so I do not purpose being pilloried by the public, the pulpit, and the press, and held up as a colossal liar when I am but...

I shall have to believe even though I cannot understand.

I understand that you belittle all sentiments of generosity and kindness, but I do not, and I can convince your most doughty warrior that these characteristics are not incompatible with an ability to...

I verily believe that a man's way with women is in inverse ratio to his prowess among men. The weakling and the saphead have often great ability to charm the fair sex, while the fighting man who can f...

In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people, they have no lawyers.

Kho closed and sought my jugular with his teeth. He seemed to forget the hatchet dangling by

So this was love! I had escaped it for all the years I had roamed the five continents and their encircling seas; in spite of beautiful women and urging opportunity; in spite of a half-desire for love...

The lion was quite close to him now—but a few paces intervened—he crouched, and then, with a deafening roar, he sprang.

There was no means by which I might know, and so I chose the center opening as being as likely to lead me in the right direction as another. Here