Benevolence Quote by Mary Shelley

“but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart”

— 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…

— 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…

— Mary Shelley

“Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come?”

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Mary Shelley

“A man would make but a very sorry chemist if he attended to that department of human knowledge alone.”

— Mary Shelley