Mary Shelley

"I love the secrecy of the night."

"The path of my departure was free."

"Even broken and defeated, I am invincible."

"By the sacred earth on which I live, I swear to thee that I will never betray thee."

"The future is dark, which is on the whole the best thing the future can be."

"I may have conceived a project of absolute wickedness."

"Some aspects of human endeavor have not changed in centuries."

"Pursue me if you will, but know that I am ready."

"Science is a great power, but it can also be a great curse."

"Contemplating the characters of great men always delights me."

"A season of calm weather must now be the period of my labours."

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquility of mind as having no opinion at all."

"I longed to discover the secrets which nature to conceal."

"My dreams were all of climbing high."

"The innocent are the first victims of any injustice."

"When falsehood can look so like truth, who can assure themselves of certain discernment."

"It is not despair, for despair cannot act; it is frenzy."

"I shall ascend my funeral pyre triumphantly."

"The beauty of literature is that it can move us without requiring belief."

"How strange is the lot of us mortals."

"In my education my father took the greatest precautions."

"Some people are born to greatness, others have greatness thrust upon them."

"I have been haunted by images which no philosophy could extinguish."

"She was content to be guided by the experience of ages."

"All that I desired was to be associated with my family and friends."

"Power derived from cruelty is a hollow power."

"I could not doubt the reality of my sensations."

"The contemplation of beautiful things gives sustenance to the soul."

"Work, do not complain, be useful to society."

"How strange a thing is death."