"Barbarism is the natural state of mankind," the borderer said, still staring somberly at the Cimmerian. "Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And barbarism must always triumph." - "Beyond the Black River" |
The fighting madness of his race was upon him, and with a red mist of unreasoning fury wavering before his blazing eyes, he cleft skulls, smashed breasts, severed limbs, ripped out entrails, and littered the deck like a shambles with a ghastly harvest of brains and blood. - "Queen of the Black Coast" |
"...Free my hands and I'll varnish
this floor with your brains!" - "The Scarlet Citadel" |
"Civilized
men are more discourteous than savages because they know
they can be impolite without having their skulls split,
as a general thing." - "Tower of the Elephant" |