I saw a veritable wonderland of beauty spread out before me.Narrator
Ghastly and ghost-like, the last remnant of that long-dead past drifted high above the tortured surface of Pellucidar.Narrator
We learned to kill. We grew strong. We came nowhere often.Hooja
The sun was always in the same place in the sky-forever it hung at high noon. There was no night. There was no time.Narrator
In Pellucidar the mahar has developed not only his own unlimited powers, but has found means to harness the savage power of brutes and elements as well.Narrator
It was a gorgeous world, filled with the vastest and most beautiful forests I have ever seen, interspersed with verdant meadows and arboreate hills.David Innes
She was Pellucidar. She was life. She was love. She was all that is holy, all that is desirable to man.David Innes about Dian the Beautiful
The majesty of Pellucidar's underworld and the ferocity of her life don't awe me, they enthrall me.David Innes
I still can't comprehend how I, a modern man, a creature of the twentieth century, could be here in this prehistoric setting as if I were someone from another world.David Innes
The moon rode at zenith and it was as light as day—all but my heart was light.David Innes
I felt within me a peace that I had not known since I scaled the barrier cliff and looked back upon the awful dangers of the savage world beyond.David Innes
Remember that you owe all to Dian the Beautiful. I am but the natural product of the age and the environment in which I was born.David Innes