A biography for Richard Burtonhasn’t been written yet.
“I abhor mere prettiness.”
“I am writing to please myself, though there is a feeling in some place in my head that this may be publishable. I haven't been writing for nothing.”
“The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.”
“I might run from her for a thousand years and she is still my baby child. Our love is so furious that we burn each other out.”