Quotes by : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Alas! he is cold, he cannot answer me.

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

I had desired it with an ardor that far exceeded moderation, but now that I had finished, the beauty....

The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates....

There was a considerable difference between the ages of my parents, but this circumstance seemed to unite....

Volume II: Chapter V What are we, the inhabitants of this globe, least among the many that people infinite....

I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves.

It contained a sad, but too common story of the hard-heartedness of the wealthy, and the misery endured....

It was not in her nature to stop short at half-measures, not to pause when once she had fixed her purpose.....

I shall die. I shall no longer feel the agonies which now consume me, or be the prey of feelings unsatisfied,....