Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughswas an American writer best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 September 1875
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
love-you believe forever
I love you, and because I love you I believe in you. But if I did not believe, still should I love. Had you come back for me, and had there been no other way, I would have gone into the jungle with you - forever.
writing poverty
I write to escape ... to escape poverty.
men animal clothes
Clothes therefore, must be the insignia of the superiority of man over all other animals, for surely there could be no other reason for wearing the hideous things
believe
I shall have to believe even though I cannot understand.
fall long way
We are, all of us, creatures of habit, and when the seeeming necessity for schooling ourselves in new ways ceases to exist, we fall naturally and easily into the manner and customs which long usage has implanted ineradicably within us.
weather years world
I have discovered that the world over, unusual weather prevails at all times of the year.
essentials moderation good-work
For me, temperance is essential to good work.
children men desire
Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?
hate heart steel
Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.
men brave solitude
Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude.
country party race
In that little party there was not one who would desert another; yet we were of different countries, different colours, different races, different religions--and one of us was of a different world.
love-is suffering riches
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.
instant
You are here for but an instant, and you mustn't take yourself too seriously
men beast jane
Beast?" Jane murmured. "Then God make me a beast; for, man or beast, I am yours.