Quotes from Mary Shelley

Oh cursed creator, why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turn from me in disgust?

I need to say that we were strangers to any species of disunion or dispute. Harmony was the soul of our companionship, and the diversity and contrast that subsisted in our characters drew us nearer together.

for nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

I felt sensations of a peculiar and overpowering nature: they were a mixture of pain and pleasure, such as I had never before experienced, either from hunger or cold, warmth or food; and I withdrew from the window, unable to bear these emotions.

Yo, como el archidemonio, llevaba un infierno en mis entrañas; y, no encontrando a nadie que me comprendiera, quería arrancar los árboles, sembrar el caos y la destrucción a mi alrededor, y sentarme después a disfrutar de los destrozos.

I confess that neither the structure of the languages, nor the code of governments, nor the politics of various states possessed attractions for me. It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn.

I became the same happy creature who, a few years ago, loved and beloved by all, had no sorrow or care.

firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often

It is so long before the mind can persuade itself that she, whom we saw every day, and whose very existence appeared a part of our own, can have been extinguished, and the sound of a voice so familiar and dear to the ear can be hushed, never more to be heard.

You have destroyed the work which you began; what is it that you intend? Do you dare to break your promise? I have endured toil and misery; I

I may receive your letters (though the chance is very doubtful) on some occasions when I need them most to support my spirits. I love you very tenderly. Remember me with affection, should you never hear from me again.

Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master;--obey

me, You may easily perceive, Captain Walton, that I have suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes. I had determined, once, that the memory of these evils should die with me; but you have won me to alter my determination.

earth. Such a man has a double existence: he may suffer misery and be overwhelmed by disappointments, yet when he has retired into himself, he will be like a celestial spirit that has a halo around him, within whose circle no grief or folly ventures.

He was an uncouth man, but deeply imbued in the secrets of his science.

In what desert land have you lived, where no one was kind enough to inform you that these fancies which you have so greedily imbibed are a thousand years old and as musty as they are ancient?

I soon shall see you again in heaven, where we shall all be happy; and that consoles me, going as I am to suffer ignominy and death.

Nada hay más doloroso para el espíritu humano, tras la excitación que provoca la rápida sucesión de los acontecimientos, como esa calma mortal de apatía y certidumbre que la sigue, y priva al alma de toda esperanza y temor.

Yo era bueno y cariñoso; el sufrimiento me ha envilecido. Concededme la felicidad, y volveré a ser virtuoso.

vous ne pouvez contester l'inestimable bénéfice que j'apporterai à l'humanité jusqu'à la dernière génération

Si nuestros impulsos estuvieran limitados al hambre a la sed y al deseo, podríamos ser casi libres; pero, en cambio, nos conmueve cada viento que sopla, una palabra dicha al azar o una imagen que esa palabra pueda comunicarnos

Alas! Victor, when falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?

Por qué presume el hombre de una sensibilidad mayor a la de las bestias cuando esto sólo consigue convertirlos en seres más necesitados? Si nuestros instintos se limitaran al hambre, la sed y el deseo, seríamos casi libres. Pero nos conmueve cada viento que sopla, cada palabra al azar, cada imagen que esa misma palabra nos evoca.

Non c'è niente di più doloroso per la mente umana di un improvviso, assoluto cambiamento.