“These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to commence… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“Justine shook her head mournfully. "I do not fear to die," she said; "that pang is past. God raises my weakness and… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“Like one who, on a lonely road, Doth walk in fear and dread, And, having once turned round, walks on, And turns… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“these are my enticements, and they are sufficent to conquer all fear and danger or death... with the induction of the joy… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“Men love a prop so well, that they will lean on a pointed poisoned spear; and such was he, the impostor, who,… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“What is there so fearful as the expectation of evil tidings delayed? ... Misery is a more welcome visitant when she comes… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“I had feelings of affection, and they were requited by detestation and scorn. Man! You may hate, but beware! Your hours will… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“There was always scope for fear,so long as anything I love remained behind” — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“I wished, as it were, to procrastinate all that related to my feelings of affection until the great object, which swallowed up every habit… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“A sense of security, a feeling that a truce was established between the present hour and the irresistible, disastrous future imparted to me a… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent forever. I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“I agree with you," replied the stranger; "we are unfashioned creatures, but half made up, if one wiser, better, dearer than ourselves -- such… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“I write a few lines in haste to say that I am safe—and well advanced on my voyage. This letter will reach England by… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“I enjoyed this scene; and yet my enjoyment was embittered both by the memory of the past, and the anticipation of the future. I… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“I learned that the possessions most esteemed by your fellow-creatures were, high and unsullied descent united with riches. A man might be respected with… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to commence this laborious… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“I will tell my story, and my reader shall judge for me. I will tell my story, and so contrive to pass some few… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“A man would make but a very sorry chemist if he attended to that department of human knowledge alone.” — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image