Tarzan, Apinain Kuningas: Seikkailuromaani Afrikan Aarniometsistä

“I do not understand exactly what you mean by fear," said Tarzan. "Like lions, fear is a different thing in different men, but to me the only pleasure in the hunt is the knowledge that the hunted thing has power to harm me as much as I have to harm him. If I went out with a couple of rifles and a gun bearer, and twenty or thirty beaters, to hunt a lion, I should not feel that the lion had much chance, and so the pleasure of the hunt would be lessened in proportion to the increased safety which I felt.""Then I am to take it that Monsieur Tarzan would prefer to go naked into the jungle, armed only with a jackknife, to kill the king of beasts," laughed the other good naturedly, but with the merest touch of sarcasm in his tone."And a piece of rope," added Tarzan.””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“The time has arrived when patience becomes a crime and mayhem appears garbed in a manner of virtue””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“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.””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

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

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it.””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“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.””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

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

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“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.””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs