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title: "1 Felt Light Quotes By Mary Shelley"
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> [“She wondered at her previous blindness; it was as if she had closed her eyelids, and then fancied it was night. No fear that she should return to darkness; her heart felt so light, her spirit so clear and animated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/she-wondered-at-her-previous-blindness-it-was-as-if-she-had-closed/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

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## More by Mary Shelley

> [“but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/but-now-that-i-had-finished-the-beauty-of-the-dream-vanished-and/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“I wished, as it were, to procrastinate all that related to my feelings of affection until the great object, which swallowed up every habit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/i-wished-as-it-were-to-procrastinate-all-that-related-to-my-feelings/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“A sense of security, a feeling that a truce was established between the present hour and the irresistible, disastrous future imparted to me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/a-sense-of-security-a-feeling-that-a-truce-was-established-between/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/who-was-i-what-was-i-whence-did-i-come/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent forever. I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/voyage-to-render-their-seeming-eccentricities-consistent-forever-i/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“I agree with you," replied the stranger; "we are unfashioned creatures, but half made up, if one wiser, better, dearer than ourselves -- such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/i-agree-with-you-replied-the-stranger-we-are-unfashioned-creatures/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/i-write-a-few-lines-in-haste-to-say-that-i-am-safe-and-well-advanced/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“I enjoyed this scene; and yet my enjoyment was embittered both by the memory of the past, and the anticipation of the future. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/i-enjoyed-this-scene-and-yet-my-enjoyment-was-embittered-both-by-the/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/i-learned-that-the-possessions-most-esteemed-by-your-fellow-creatures/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to commence this laborious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/these-are-my-enticements-and-they-are-sufficient-to-conquer-all-fear/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“I will tell my story, and my reader shall judge for me. I will tell my story, and so contrive to pass some few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/i-will-tell-my-story-and-my-reader-shall-judge-for-me-i-will-tell-my/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“A man would make but a very sorry chemist if he attended to that department of human knowledge alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/a-man-would-make-but-a-very-sorry-chemist-if-he-attended-to-that/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/learn-from-me-if-not-by-my-precepts-at-least-by-my-example-how/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/who-shall-conceive-the-horrors-of-my-secret-toil-as-i-dabbled-among/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

> [“For some days I haunted the spot where these scenes had taken place, sometimes wishing to see you, sometimes resolved to quit the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/for-some-days-i-haunted-the-spot-where-these-scenes-had-taken-place/)

[Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/)

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