Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes

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Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Confidence, Powerful, Fear

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.129, Wordsworth Editions

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Live, and be happy, and make others so.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Compassion

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2005). “Frankenstein”, p.72, Prestwick House Inc

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There is love in me the likes of which you've never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied int he one, I will indulge the other.

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Likes, Rage, Should

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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

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Inspirational, Stay Strong, Motivation

Frankenstein Letter 1 (1818)

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Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.

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Change, Mind, Painful

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2009). “Frankenstein: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.302, ReadHowYouWant.com

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I could not understand why men who knew all about good and evil could hate and kill each other.

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Hate, Men, Evil

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My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

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Dream, Annoyed, Pleasure

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.1, Wordsworth Editions

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Everything must have a beginning ... and that beginning must be linked to something that went before.

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Linked

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1998). “Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus : with connections”, Holt Rinehart & Winston

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The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil.

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Angel, Devil, Fallen Angels

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2004). “Frankenstein”, p.265, Collector's Library

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Look forward to future years, if not with eager anticipation, yet with a calm reliance upon the power of good, wholly remote from despair.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Years, Despair, Looks

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1835). “Lodore”, p.26

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If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Inspire, Causes, Frankenstein's Monster

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1823). “Frankenstein: ; Or, The Modern Prometheus”, DOSER Reads

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A solitary being is by instinct a wanderer.

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Travel, Instinct, Solitary

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2015). “The Last Man”, p.583, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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

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Soul, Frankenstein's Monster, Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.18, Wordsworth Editions

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Happiness is in its highest degree the sister of goodness.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Happiness, Degrees, Goodness

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2007). “The Last Man: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.166, ReadHowYouWant.com

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It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mind, Looks, Way

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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.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Cutting, Monsters, Asceticism

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2014). “Frankenstein: The Original Story”, p.140, Lettere Animate Editore

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Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

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Loneliness, Dark, Solitude

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2009). “Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus”, p.127, The Floating Press

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The world was to me a secret which I desired to devine.

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Secret, World

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.30, Wordsworth Editions

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Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.

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Ambition, Discovery, Tranquility

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2001). “Frankenstein”, p.275, Courier Corporation

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A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility.

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Passion, Perfection, Peaceful

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.44, Wordsworth Editions

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It is a strange feeling for a girl when first she finds the power put into her hand of influencing the destiny of another to happiness or misery. She is like a magician holding for the first time a fairy wand, not having yet had experience of its potency.

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Girl, Women, Destiny

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1835). “Lodore”, p.61

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Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity and ruin.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Soul, Ruins, Prosperity

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It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn.

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Knowledge, Science, Heaven

Frankenstein ch. 2 (1818)

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My candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Halloween, Eye, Light

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1823). “Frankenstein: ; Or, The Modern Prometheus”, p.97, DOSER Reads

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The young are always in extremes.

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Youth, Young, Extremes

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1835). “Lodore”, p.62

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Born: August 30, 1797
Died: February 1, 1851
Occupation: Novelist
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