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

Death, only, renders hope futile.

Beast?" Jane murmured. "Then God make me a beast; for, man or beast, I am yours.

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

I am Tarzan of the Apes. I want you. I am yours. You are mine. We live here together always in my house. I will bring you the best of fruits, the tenderest deer, the finest meats that roam the jungle. I will hunt for you. I am the greatest of the jungle fighters. I will fight for you. I am the mightiest of the jungle fighters. You are Jane Porter, I saw it in your letter. When you see this you will know that it is for you and that Tarzan of the Apes loves you.

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

I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary acts have placed me face to face with death, I cannot recall a single one where any alternative step to that I took occurred to me until many hours later.