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f2d82ef And so, in silence, we walked the surface of a dying world, but in the breast of one of us at least had been born that which is ever oldest, yet ever new. I loved Dejah Thoris. The touch of my arm upon her naked shoulder had spoken to me in words I would not mistake, and I knew that I had loved her since the first moment my eyes had met hers that first time in the plaza of the dead city of Korad. dejah-thoris edgar-rice-burroughs falling-in-love in-love john-carter love love-quotes romance romantic romantic-quotes Edgar Rice Burroughs
9508ba4 There was one slight, desperate chance, and that I decided I must take--it was for Dejah Thoris, and no man has lived who would not risk a thousand deaths for such as she. barsoom dejah-thoris john-carter love romance romantic sacrifice Edgar Rice Burroughs
e96f218 Twenty years have intervened; for ten of them I lived and fought for Dejah Thoris and her people, and for ten I have lived upon her memory. dejah-thoris john-carter love passionate passionate-love romance romantic sad Edgar Rice Burroughs
d24600f Day had now given away to night and as we wandered along the great avenue lighted by the two moons of Barsoom, and with Earth looking down upon us out of her luminous green eye, it seemed that we were alone in the universe, and I, at least, was content that it should be so. dejah-thoris earth john-carter night universe Edgar Rice Burroughs
101d04c As much as I enjoy a fight, I cannot always indulge myself, and just now I had more weighty matters to occupy my time than spilling the blood of strange warriors. john-carter warriors Edgar Rice Burroughs