--- title: "4 Apes Quotes By Edgar Rice Burroughs" description: "4 Apes quotes by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Plus more from Edgar Rice Burroughs and more Apes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/edgar-rice-burroughs-2892_apes_i-am-tarzan-of-the-apes-i-want-you-i-am_404172.jpg" --- > [I am Tarzan of the Apes. I want you. I am yours. You are mine. We live here together always in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/i-am-tarzan-of-the-apes-i-want-you-i-am-yours-you-are-mine-we-live/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/edgar-rice-burroughs-2892_apes_i-am-tarzan-of-the-apes-i-want-you-i-am_404172.jpg) > [As the body rolled to the ground Tarzan of the Apes placed his foot upon the neck of his lifelong enemy and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/as-the-body-rolled-to-the-ground-tarzan-of-the-apes-placed-his-foot/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/edgar-rice-burroughs-2892_apes_as-the-body-rolled-to-the-ground-tarzan_1184188.jpg) > [“For instance, there is a tribe in the vicinity of Lake Rudolph that will eat no sheep or cattle, though its next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/for-instance-there-is-a-tribe-in-the-vicinity-of-lake-rudolph-that/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/edgar-rice-burroughs-2892_apes_for-instance-there-is-a-tribe-in-the-vic_1426131.png) > [“P33- the son of an english lord and an english lady nursed at the breast of kala, the great ape.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/p33-the-son-of-an-english-lord-and-an-english-lady-nursed-at-the/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/edgar-rice-burroughs-2892_apes_p33-the-son-of-an-english-lord-and-an-en_2046620.png) ## Other authors on Apes - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-frans-de-waal-35954.jpg) Frans de Waal 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/frans-de-waal/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andy-serkis-13212.jpg) Andy Serkis 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/andy-serkis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-huxley-90412.jpg) Thomas Huxley 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/thomas-huxley/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-matt-reeves-65483.jpg) Matt Reeves 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/matt-reeves/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/terry-pratchett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-e-howard-79683.jpg) Robert E. Howard 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/robert-e-howard/) ## More by Edgar Rice Burroughs > [It must be that I am dreaming, and that I shall awaken in a moment to see that awful knife descending toward my heart-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/it-must-be-that-i-am-dreaming-and-that-i-shall-awaken-in-a-moment-to/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [“If man spoke only when he had something worth while to say and said that as quickly as possible, ninety-eight per cent of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/if-man-spoke-only-when-he-had-something-worth-while-to-say-and-said/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [For a time Jack was angry; but when he had been without the jacket for a short while he began to realize that being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/for-a-time-jack-was-angry-but-when-he-had-been-without-the-jacket-for/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/even-brave-men-and-d-arnot-was-a-brave-man-are-sometimes-frightened/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [“I am a very old man. How old I do not know. It is possible I am a hundred, maybe more. I cannot tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/i-am-a-very-old-man-how-old-i-do-not-know-it-is-possible-i-am-a/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [“Mine own people do not care for me, John Carter; I am too unlike them. It is a sad fate, since I must live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/mine-own-people-do-not-care-for-me-john-carter-i-am-too-unlike-them/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [“Imagine, if you can, a huge grizzly with ten legs armed with mighty talons and an enormous froglike mouth splitting his head from ear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/imagine-if-you-can-a-huge-grizzly-with-ten-legs-armed-with-mighty/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [This was life! Ah, how he loved it! Civilization held nothing like this in its narrow and circumscribed sphere, hemmed in by restrictions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/this-was-life-ah-how-he-loved-it-civilization-held-nothing-like-this/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [“The path of the mighty beast was guided telepathically by the two people who sat in a huge saddle that was cinched to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/the-path-of-the-mighty-beast-was-guided-telepathically-by-the-two/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [“The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious belief in lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/the-whole-fabric-of-our-religion-is-based-on-superstitious-belief-in/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [“There was but a single forlorn hope, and I took it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/there-was-but-a-single-forlorn-hope-and-i-took-it/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [“A thousand times rather face the wild hordes of the dead sea bottoms than meet the eyes of this beautiful young girl and tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/a-thousand-times-rather-face-the-wild-hordes-of-the-dead-sea-bottoms/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [“P33- the wail of the living had answered the call of universal motherhood within her wild beast which the dead could not still.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/p33-the-wail-of-the-living-had-answered-the-call-of-universal/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/it-never-seems-to-occur-to-some-people-that-like-beauty-a-sense-of/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [“He was a splendid specimen of manhood, standing a good two inches over six feet, broad of shoulder and narrow of hip, with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/he-was-a-splendid-specimen-of-manhood-standing-a-good-two-inches-over/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/edgar-rice-burroughs/#itemlist", "name": "4 Apes Quotes By Edgar Rice Burroughs", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am Tarzan of the Apes. 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