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Me Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- I saw and heard of none like me. Was I then a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled, and whom…
- There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand. I am practically industrious - painstaking, a workman to execute with perseverance…
- Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to rapture, as they unfolded to me, are among the earliest sensations I…
- When I step into the batter's box, the fans, the noise, the cheers, they all disappear. For that moment, the world is just a battle…
- From my birth I have aspired like the eagle - but unlike the eagle, my wings have failed. . . . Congratulate me then that…
- I leave a sad and bitter world; and if you remember me, and think of me as of one unjustly condemned, I am resigned to…
- Allow me now to return to the cottagers, whose story excited in me such various feelings of indignation, delight, and wonder, but which all terminated…
- The day of my departure at length arrived. Clerval spent the last evening with us. He had endeavoured to persuade his father to permit him…
- All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn…
- What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.
- Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.
- The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.
- The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.
- ...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…
- He is dead who called me into being, and when I shall be no more the very remembrance of us both will speedily vanish.
- The world to me was a secret, which I desired to discover; to her it was a vacancy, which she sought to people with imaginations…
- The whole series of my life appeared to me as a dream; I sometimes doubted if indeed it were all true, for it never presented…
- She was no longer that happy creature who in earlier youth wandered with me on the banks of the lake and talked with ecstasy of…
- A truce to philosophy!—Life is before me, and I rush into possession. Hope, glory, love, and blameless ambition are my guides, and my soul knows…
- Devil, do you dare approach me? and do you not fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head?
- Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.
- Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become…
- Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. The sun might shine, or the clouds might lour: but nothing…
- I do know that for the sympathy of one living being, I would make peace with all. I have love in me the likes of…
- These wonderful narrations inspired me with strange feelings. Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous, and magnificent, yet so vicious and base? He…
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- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale