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There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.

There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Soul, Frankenstein's Monster, Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.18, Wordsworth Editions

It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and whether it was the outward substance of things or the inner spirit of nature and the mysterious soul of man that occupied me, still my inquiries were directed to the metaphysical, or in its highest sense, the physical secrets of the world.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Men, Heaven, Soul
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1988). “Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus: With Supplementary Essays and Poems from the Twentieth Century”, p.32, Orchises Press

Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Soul, Feelings, Mind
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1988). “Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus: With Supplementary Essays and Poems from the Twentieth Century”, p.76, Orchises Press

Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity and ruin.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Soul, Ruins, Prosperity

But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Tree, Soul, Humanity
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1823). “Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus”

The careful rearer of the ductile human plant can instil his own religion, and surround the soul by such a moral atmosphere, as shall become to its latest day the air it breathes.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Air, Soul, Atmosphere
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1835). “Lodore”, p.39

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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