Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes - Page 5
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1833). “The Last Man”, p.42
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1823). “Frankenstein: ; Or, The Modern Prometheus”, p.209, DOSER Reads
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2004). “Frankenstein”, p.120, Collector's Library
Once a king ... it was impossible, without risk of life, to sink to a private station.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1830). “The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: A Romance”, p.52
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1835). “Lodore”, p.8
I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.
Frankenstein ch. 5 (1818)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1835). “Lodore”, p.39
Every where I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded.
Frankenstein ch. 10 (1818)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1823). “Frankenstein: ; Or, The Modern Prometheus”, DOSER Reads
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2004). “Frankenstein”, p.265, Collector's Library
From my infancy I was imbued with high hopes and a lofty ambition.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1869). “Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus”, p.167
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.164, Wordsworth Editions
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1835). “Lodore”, p.67
Our faults are apt to assume giant and exaggerated forms to our eyes in youth.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1835). “Lodore”, p.62
Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Janet Todd (1989). “The Works of Mary Wollstonecraft”, NYU Press
Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!
Quoted in Matthew Arnold, Essays in Criticism, Second Series (1888)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1988). “Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus: With Supplementary Essays and Poems from the Twentieth Century”, p.187, Orchises Press
Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1823). “Frankenstein: ; Or, The Modern Prometheus”, p.206, DOSER Reads
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1823). “Frankenstein: ; Or, The Modern Prometheus”, DOSER Reads
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Joseph Pearce (2008). “Frankenstein”, p.155, Ignatius Press
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2007). “Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus [1818 Text]: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.342, ReadHowYouWant.com
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.81, Wordsworth Editions
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1833). “The Last Man”, p.10