books used to be awesome
John Carter on pride:
If I sometimes seem to take too great pride in my fighting ability, it must be remembered that fighting is my vocation. If your vocation be shoeing horses, or painting pictures, and you can do one or the other better than your fellows, then you are a fool if you are not proud of your ability. And so I am very proud that upon two planets no greater fighter has ever lived than John Carter, Prince of Helium.
from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Warlord of Mars
Be prepared for the part where John Carter, written in 1918, basically uses fiber optic technology to unlock a door.
