“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.” LoveRomanceSacrificeRomanticDejah ThorisJohn CarterA Princess Of MarsBarsoom Book:A Princess of Mars Source: A Princess of Mars
“I took her in my arms and kissed her. And thus in the midst of a city of wild conflict, filled with the alarms of war; with death and destruction reaping their terrible harvest around her, did Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, true daughter of Mars, the God of War, promise herself in marriage to John Carter, Gentleman of Virginia.” LoveWarRomanceMarriageRomanticKissEngagedEngagementPrincessMarsProposalDejah ThorisJohn CarterBarsoom Author:Edgar Rice Burroughs
“It is a strange tale and utterly Barsoomian.” StrangeTaleBarsoom Book:The Chessmen of Mars Source: The Chessmen of Mars