Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

"The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams."

"We must not despair, for despair is the death of hope."

"The bonds of family are the strongest we know."

"To act justly is to act courageously."

"Nature teaches us lessons we are too proud to learn."

"The mind that closes itself to new ideas becomes a prison."

"We are all seeking something we cannot name."

"The greatest of all human powers is the power to choose."

"Silence can be more eloquent than words."

"To persist through adversity is to prove one's mettle."

"We are the sum of our choices and our circumstances."

"Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice."

"The most beautiful things often come from the deepest sorrow."

"To forgive is to free oneself from the chains of resentment."

"The great object of life is sensation - to feel that we exist."

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose."

"I am malicious because I am miserable."

"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."

"How much more does it behove us to hope for the best, and prepare for the worst."

"The world was to me a secret which I desired to discover."

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

"Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition."

"We are unfashioned creatures, but half made up."

"The companion of our childhood is always the companion of our heart."

"Revenge is the wild justice which the wicked hope may take the place of divine justice."

"A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind."

"None of us know what we are capable of until we are tested."

"Even the very powerful and the very successful can be undone by a single new idea."

"The human heart has hidden treasures."

"Ignorance is not innocence but sin."