Mary Shelley Quotes

“There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand.”

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

topic:soul

“I also became a poet and for one year lived in a paradise of my own creation; I imagined that I also might obtain a niche in the temple where the names of Homer and Shakespeare are consecrated.”

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

topic:imagination poetry

“Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.”

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

topic:joy

“It is also a duty owed to yourself, for excessive sorrow prevents improvement or enjoyment, or even the discharge of daily usefulness, without which no man is fit for society.”

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

topic:sorrow

“with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries.”

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

topic:cowardice

“It is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace. The agonies of remorse poison the luxury there is otherwise sometimes found in indulging the excess of grief.”

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

topic:grief

“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another. Our lives will not be happy, but they will be harmless and free from the misery I now feel.”

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

topic:misery

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