Quote by Mary Shelley

I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my…

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

My candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open.

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“It drew aside the window-curtain and looked out; perhaps it saw dawn approaching, for, taking the candle, it retreated to the door. Just at…

— Charlotte Brontë

“I took the dog out for a walk tonight, and together we wandered across the meadow next door. It was a warm summer's night,…

— Neil Gaiman

“The poets say some moths will do anything out of love for a flame [...] The moth takes off again, and we both step…

— Mohsin Hamid

“The night candle on the bedside table burst into spontaneous flame. The golden glow revealed a creature whose pale white skin was marked with…

— Jordan L. Hawk

“No lights shone beyond the windows of his room. The reflection from the bedside lamp seemed insubstantial as a candle flame; the darkness outside…

— Elizabeth Hand

“A little porch light from a distant farmhouse dimmed, feeling alone and unneeded until his smallest spark of illumination snuffed out entirely. The night…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“I hated the idea of such a glorious creature beating itself to death in pursuit of something it could never have. It was, after…

— Christi Anna

“But the burning man falling from the sky pulled me from my faraway world. My gaze wandered to the window an instant before he…

— Gwen Hayes

“All the expressions that are possible crossed its face, as if its thoughts were wise and limitless one moment, daft and animal the next.…

— Margo Lanagan

“He was still wide awake when the morning came - the light changed imperceptibly underground, with the glowtrees flaring up brightly, and the shimmer…

— Ekaterina Sedia