Quotes from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

I cannot believe that I am he whose thoughts were once filled with sublime and transcendent visions of the beauty and the majesty of goodness. But it is even so; the fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am quite alone.

I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear...

No me asusta morir. Ese tormento ya lo he superado. Dios me da fortaleza y me da valor pata soportar lo peor. Dejo un mundo triste y penoso y si usted me recuerda y piensa que he sido condenada injustamente, me resignaré a la suerte que me espera.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful .

Once I falsely hoped to meet with beings who, pardoning my outward form, would love me for the excellent qualities which I was capable of unfolding.

But is it not a duty to the survivors, that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an appearance of immoderate grief?

Inútil, porém, foi o enorme tremendo esforço do espírito do bem. A ele se opunha a força inelutável do destino, cujas leis imutáveis haviam decretado minha destruição horrível e total.

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized.

One secret which I alone possessed was the hope to which I had dedicated myself.

...once I falsely hoped to meet the beings who, pardoning my outward form, would love me for the excellent qualities which I was capable of unfolding.

I am alone and miserable. Only someone as ugly as I am could love me.

A solitary being is by instinct a wanderer.

How mutable are our feelings, and how strange is that clinging love we have of life even in the excess of misery!

When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?

marriage is usually considered the grave, and not the cradle of love.

So much does suffering blunt even the coarsest sensations of men

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.

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

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

You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.

His conversation was marked by its happy abundance.

Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.