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Quotes About Rejection

Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Everywhere
~ Mary Shelley
I'm not surprised at your greeting. I expected it, he said calmly. After all, everyone hates creatures as ugly as I am. But it's your fault that I'm this ugly. You created me this way.
~ Mary Shelley
I am an outcast from human society; my name is execrated by all who understand its entire import--by those very beings whose happiness I ardently desire.
~ Mary Shelley
Remember, that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather a fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall be virtuous.
~ Mary W. Shelley
Was I then a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled, and whom all men disowned?
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance. Satan had his companions, fellow devils, to admire and encourage him, but I am solitary and abhorred.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I am full of fears; for if I fail there, I am an outcast in the world for ever.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Vos, mi creador, me odiáis. ¿Qué puedo esperar de aquellos que no me deben nada?
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
For whilst I destroyed his hopes, I did not satisfy my own desires. They were for ever ardent and craving; still I desired love and fellowship, and I was still spurned.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist me; and should I feel kindness towards my enemies? No; from that moment I declared everlasting war against the species, and more than all, against him who had formed me and sent me forth to this insupportable misery.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
sickened as I read. 'Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. 'Cursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God in pity made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid from its very resemblance. Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and detested.' "These
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I would reconcile him to life, but he repulses the idea
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
for to me the walls of a dungeon or a palace were alike hateful. The cup of life was poisoned for ever; and
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. 'Cursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God in pity made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of your's, more horrid from its very resemblance. Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and detested.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I did not participate in these feelings; for to me the walls of a dungeon or a palace were alike hateful.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, or even thy clemency and affection, is most due. Remember that I am thy creature: I ought to be thy Adam,; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Every where I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Seguía necesitando amor y compañía y continuaban rechazándome.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Unfeeling, heartless creator! You had endowed me with perceptions and passions, and then cast me abroad an object for the scorn and horror of mankind.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Must I then lose this admirable being? I have longed for a friend; I have sought one who would sympathise with and love me. Behold, on these desert seas I have found such a one; but I fear I have gained him only to know his value and lose him. I would reconcile him to life, but he repulses the idea.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Begone! I do break my promise; never will I create another like yourself, equal in deformity and wickedness.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Remember, that I am thy creature: I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Me has dado sentimientos y pasiones, pero me has abandonado al desprecio y al asco de la humanidad.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley