325 Quotes by Mary Shelley

From my infancy I was imbued with high hopes and a lofty ambition.

What a glorious creature must he have been in the days of his prosperity, when he is thus noble and godlike in ruin. He seems to feel his own worth, and the greatness of his fall.

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.

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.

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

He is dead who called me into being, and when I shall be no more the very remembrance of us both will speedily vanish.

You are my creator, but I am your master.

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

My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature; the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil, and the future glided by bright rays of hope, and anticipations of joy.