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I saw no cause for their unhappiness, but I was deeply affected by it. If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched.

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Lovely, Saws, Causes

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1869). “Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus”, p.87

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Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of a void, but out of chaos; the materials must in the first place be afforded; it can give form to dark, shapeless substances, but cannot bring into being the substance itself.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Writing, Dark, Creating

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1869). “Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus”, p.10

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Supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavor to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.

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Would Be, World, Endeavor

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1869). “Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus”, p.11

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I see by your eagerness, and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be in formed of the secret with which I am acquainted. That cannot be.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Eye, Secret, Wonder

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2015). “Annotated Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus with English Grammar Exercises: by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, p.46, Powell Publications, LLC

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And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart.

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Grief, Heart, Echoes

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.5, Wordsworth Editions

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She was no longer that happy creature who in earlier youth wandered with me on the banks of the lake and talked with ecstasy of our future prospects. The first of those sorrows which are sent to wean us from the earth had visited her, and its dimming influence quenched her dearest smiles.

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Lakes, Sorrow, Earth

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.72, Wordsworth Editions

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...we are unfashioned creatures, but half made up, if one wiser, better, dearer than ourselves - such a friend ought to be - do not lend his aid to perfectionate our weak and faulty natures.

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Half, Weak, Aids

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.24, Wordsworth Editions

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If you will comply with my conditions, I will leave them and you at peace; but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Blood, Refuse, Conditions

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1823). “Frankenstein: ; Or, The Modern Prometheus”, p.205, DOSER Reads

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The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature.

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Feelings, Different, Human Nature

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.45, Wordsworth Editions

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Why did I not die? More miserable than man ever was before, why did I not sink into forgetfulness and rest? Death snatches away many blooming children, the only hopes of their doting parents: how many brides and youthful lovers have been one day in the bloom of health and hope, and the next a prey for worms and the decay of the tomb! Of what materials was I made, that I could thus resist so many shocks, which, like the turning of the wheel, continually renewed the torture? But I was doomed to live.

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Children, Men, Parent

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2009). “Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus”, p.269, The Floating Press

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I required kindness and sympathy, but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it.

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Sympathy, Kindness, Believe

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1869). “Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus”, p.104

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So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein - more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Soul, Way, Steps

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2001). “Frankenstein”, p.46, Courier Corporation

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But success shall crown my endeavours. Wherefore not? Thus far I have gone, tracking a secure way over the pathless seas: the very stars themselves being witnesses and testimonies of my triumph. Why not still proceed over the untamed yet obedient element? What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Stars, Heart, Men

Alden Nowlan, Walter Learning, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1976). “Frankenstein: the play”, Irwin Publishing

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Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the influence of strong passions, or with very vigorous faculties.

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Strong, Passion, Army

Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Janet Todd (1989). “The Works of Mary Wollstonecraft”, NYU Press

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When I step into the batter's box, the fans, the noise, the cheers, they all disappear. For that moment, the world is just a battle between me and the pitcher. And more than anything, I want to win.

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Softball, Cheer, Winning

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I leave a sad and bitter world; and if you remember me, and think of me as of one unjustly condemned, I am resigned to the fate awaiting me.

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Fate, Thinking, World

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.68, Wordsworth Editions

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What is there so fearful as the expectation of evil tidings delayed? ... Misery is a more welcome visitant when she comes in her darkest guise and wraps us in perpetual black, for then the heart no longer sickens with disappointed hope.

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Fear, Heart, Evil

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2014). “The Evil Eye”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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The day of my departure at length arrived. Clerval spent the last evening with us. He had endeavoured to persuade his father to permit him to accompany me and to become my fellow student, but in vain. His father was a narrow-minded trader, and saw idleness and ruin in the aspirations and ambition of his son. Henry deeply felt the misfortune of being debarred from a liberal education. He said little, but when he spoke I read in his kindling eye and in his animated glance a restrained but firm resolve not to be chained to the miserable details of commerce.

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Father, Eye, Ambition

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2005). “Frankenstein”, p.36, Prestwick House Inc

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I, a miserable wretch, haunted by a curse that shut up every avenue to enjoyment.

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Shut Up, Miserable, Curse

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2014). “Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus”, p.160, First Avenue Editions

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Ah! it is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace.

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Guilt, Wells, Unfortunate

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2014). “Frankenstein: The Original Story”, p.183, Lettere Animate Editore

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the sentiment of immediate loss in some sort decayed, while that of utter, irremediable loneliness grew on me with time.

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Loneliness, Grief, Loss

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2015). “The Last Man”, p.564, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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The time at length arrives, when grief is rather an indulgence than a necessity and the smile that plays upon the lips, although it may be deemed a sacrilege, is not banished.

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Grief, Play, May

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1869). “Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus”, p.35

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What are we, the inhabitants of this globe, least among the many that people infinite space? Our minds embrace infinity; the visible mechanism of our being is subject to merest accident.

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Life, Space, People

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2015). “The Last Man”, p.288, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Agony, Feelings, Misery

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1823). “Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus”

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did you not call this a glorious expedition? and wherefore was it glorious? not because the way was smooth and placid as a southern sea, but because it was full of dangers and terror, because at every new incident your fortitude was to be called forth and your courage exhibited, because danger and death surrounded it, and these you were brave to overcome. for this was it a glorious , for this was it an honorable undertaking

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Sea, Southern, Brave

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2004). “Frankenstein”, p.256, Collector's Library

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