As the body rolled to the ground Tarzan of the Apes placed his foot upon the neck of his lifelong enemy and, raising his eyes to the full moon, threw back his fierce young head and voiced the wild and terrible cry of his people.

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.

I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.

Imagination is but another name for super intelligence.

Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude.

Yes, I was a fool, but I was in love, and though I was suffering the greatest misery I had ever known I would not have had it otherwise for all the riches of Barsoom. Such is love, and such are lovers wherever love is known.

For myself, I always assume that a lion is ferocious, and so I am never caught off my guard.