"I was actuated by the most violent yet baseless passions"
"Yet I am not utterly ignorant; you do not proceed upon fixed principles"
Philosophy
"I ached to escape from myself"
"But the hearts of men are cold, and your humanity cannot warm me"
"I am the only thing that is wretched; I am the only being that finds the labours of men irksome"
"Books alone were my study"
Literature
"Why did you create a monster so hideous that even you turned away in disgust?"
"You have denied me all companionship, all solace"
Friendship
"I was a noble creature in my thoughts, though deformed in my aspect"
Beauty
"The cold stars shone in mockery, and the bare trees waved their branches above me"
Nature
"I have endured incalculable fatigue, and cold, and hunger"
Strength
"Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition"
Wisdom
"My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy"
Love
"I am forever barred from the intercourse and sympathies of man"
"I shall die. But before I depart, I owe you thanks for a favour rendered me"
Gratitude
"I was possessed by a great and profound sorrow"
"I am the true monster in this world, not because of my appearance, but because of my actions"
"The sight of the beloved one rouses all my fury"
"I am chained in an eternal hell of my own making"
"Once I falsely hoped to meet with beings who, pardoning my outward form, would love me for the excellences of my mind"
Hope
"I am malicious because I am miserable."
Happiness
"You have denied me my right to love and affection."
Love
"I am not evil; I am miserable. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous."
Change
"I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend."
Wisdom
"My vices are the children of a forced solitude that I abhor."
Solitude
"I am myself the only exception to the multifarious inhumanity of man."
Justice
"The human senses are barriers barring us from true knowledge."
Knowledge
"I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe."
Power
"I am a wretch. I am friendless and alone; but do not cast away the only refuge left to you."
Friendship
"I desired love and fellowship, and I was spurned."
Relationships