Mary Shelley Quotes

Biography: Mary Shelley is best known for writing the novel "Frankenstein." Born ... more Biography: Mary Shelley is best known for writing the novel "Frankenstein." Born on August 30, 1797, she was the daughter of political philosopher William Godwin and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. Shelley was a prolific writer and editor whose works include "The Last Man" and numerous short stories and essays. She died on February 1, 1851. less

"I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.""I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel""The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil""When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness""Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos""It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world""I do know that for the sympathy of one living being, I would make peace with all""Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose""The companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain""The world to me was a secret, which I desired to divine""The beginning is always today""Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it""Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful""Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change"

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