Mary Shelley

"There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand."

"Necessity has been my severe teacher."

"My dreams have been my masters."

"One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought."

"I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me."

"What is past is prologue to what comes next."

"The disease of my life has been that I have always imagined myself greater than I am."

"I have crossed oceans of time to find you."

"Despair has its own calms."

"I am not evil; I am only just more wise."

"Beauty is a perishable gift, but integrity is immortal."

"Every thing is possible when people believe in themselves."

"The labours of man change, transform, and improve the aspect of the physical world."

"My imagination was vivid yet my power of analysis was not equally developed."

"When we consider the magnitude of this task, the dangers of our expedition are little."

"I prefer the company of the dead to the deceits of the living."

"The greatest and best good is tranquility of mind."

"I have much affection for you; I hope never to lose it."

"The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good."

"Nothing is impossible to those who will try."

"The future is obscured by a thick veil."

"Filial affection is the most beautiful relationship in the universe."

"Woe to him who has awakened science to plague his fellow man."

"Even if I am alone, I shall be satisfied."

"I loathe the tent and the barrack; glory disgusts me."

"Power is acquired by experience, not by theory."

"Letters are not sufficient to express what I have to say."

"Revenge is not of the gods; it is of mankind."

"In solitude, we find the truth of ourselves."

"The pathway to excellence lies through perseverance."