Edgar Rice Burroghs quotes

Edgar Rice Burroghs was an American writer best known for creating the iconic character Tarzan. Born in Chicago in 1875, Burroghs embarked on a successful career as a pencil sharpener salesman before turning his attention to writing adventure stories. His vivid imagination and captivating storytelling style quickly gained him fame and fortune. Burroghs' Tarzan series became a literary sensation, captivating readers with its thrilling tales of jungle adventures and epic battles. His works have been adapted into numerous films, TV shows, and comics, solidifying his place in pop culture history. Explore the timeless tales of Edgar Rice Burroghs and get lost in the thrilling world of Tarzan.

A warrior may change his metal, but nit his heart.

- Edgar Rice Burroghs

I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life.

- Edgar Rice Burroghs

Death, only, renders hope futile.

- Edgar Rice Burroghs

It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.

- Edgar Rice Burroghs

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.

- Edgar Rice Burroghs

She did not admire him any more than she had. It was merely that she considered him the Lesser of two evils.

- Edgar Rice Burroghs

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

- Edgar Rice Burroghs