The Gods of Mars

“We are between the wild thoat of certainty and the mad zitidar of fact - we can escape neither.””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“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.””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“There was but a single forlorn hope, and I took it.””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“The one on whom all responsibility rests is apt to endure the most.””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“I at once ordered a secret search within the city, for every Martian noble maintains a secret service of his own.””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“There is much which I have left out; much which I have not dared to tell; but you will find the story of his second search for Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, even more remarkable than was his first””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“I could not blame them, for I knew how strong a hold a creed, however ridiculous it may be, may gain upon an otherwise intelligent people.””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“Leave to a Thark his head and one hand and he may yet conquer.””

— Edgar Rice Burroughs