Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes about Childhood

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. . . the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.

. . . the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Childhood, Mind, Miserable

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2015). “Annotated Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus with English Grammar Exercises: by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, p.232, Powell Publications, LLC

Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain. They know our infantine dispositions, which, however they may be afterwards modified, are never eradicated; and they can judge of our actions with more certain conclusions as to the integrity of our motives.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Integrity, Judging, Childhood

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes about Childhood

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