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I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate and experiment where wiser men would have left well enough alone.
A Princess of Mars (1917)
The poor dear cannot differentiate between erudition and wisdom.
Tarzan of the Apes (1912)
But metaphor, however poetic, never slaked a dry throat.
The Land That Time Forgot (1918)
I am Tarzan, King of the Apes, mighty hunter, mighty fighter. In all the jungle there is none so great.
Tarzan of the Apes (1912)
A warrior can change his metal, but not his heart.
A Princess of Mars (1917)
Like all his kind and all other bullies, von Schoenvorts was a coward at heart.
The Land That Time Forgot (1918)
Thus Bradley reasoned—thus most of us reason; not by what might be possible; but by what has fallen within the range of our experience.
Out of Time's Abyss (1918)
I sat for hours cross-legged, and cross-tempered, upon my silks meditating upon the queer freaks chance plays upon us poor devils of mortals.
A Princess of Mars (1917)
She was a dear girl and a stanch and true comrade—more like a man than a woman.
The Land That Time Forgot (1918)
This was a new menace that threatened them, something that they couldn’t explain; and so, naturally, it aroused within them superstitious fear.
Out of Time's Abyss (1918)
Smiles are the foundation of beauty.
Tarzan of the Apes (1912)
I could have kicked myself for the snob and the cad that my thoughts had proven me—me, who had always prided myself that I was neither the one nor the other!
The People That Time Forgot (1918)
I have often been asked how I came to write. The best answer is that I needed the money. When I started I was 35 and had failed in every enterprise I had ever attempted.
How I Wrote the Tarzan Books (1929)
Fingerprints prove you Greystoke. Congratulations. D'Arnot.
Tarzan of the Apes (1912)
Kala was the youngest mate of a male called Tublat, meaning broken nose, and the child she had seen dashed to death was her first; for she was but nine or ten years old.
Tarzan of the Apes (1912)
She was quite the most wonderful animal that I have ever looked upon, and what few of her charms her apparel hid, it quite effectively succeeded in accentuating.
The People That Time Forgot (1918)
Tarzan must act quickly or his prey would be gone; but Tarzan's life training left so little space between decision and action when an emergency confronted him that there was not even room for the shadow of a thought between.
Tarzan of the Apes (1912)
Tublat, whom he had hated and who had hated him, he had killed in a fair fight, and yet never had the thought of eating Tublat's flesh entered his head. It would have been as revolting to him as is cannibalism to us.
Tarzan of the Apes (1912)
Tarzan of the Apes lived on in his wild, jungle existence with little change for several years, only that he grew stronger and wiser, and learned from his books more and more of the strange worlds which lay somewhere outside his primeval forest.
Tarzan of the Apes (1912)
Two keen eyes had watched every move of the party from the foliage of a nearby tree. Tarzan had seen the surprise caused by his notice, and while he could understand nothing of the spoken language of these strange people their gestures and facial expressions told him much.
Tarzan of the Apes (1912)