The Creature

"Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me."

"The desert is my only refuge and my only hope."

"I learned that there was but one means to overcome the sensation of pain, and that was death."

"I was like Adam, but I was rather the fallen angel."

"I shall be with you on your wedding night."

"I am not wicked—I am miserable."

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

"Every night a fresh hope, every morning a fresh despair."

"Revenge alone is a satisfaction capable of extinguishing the anguish that gnaws at my heart."

"I feel sensations of a peculiar and overpowering nature; they thrill through my whole frame."

"I am condemned to discover and abhor the truth."

"I am the only being that loves you; from your childhood I have cumulated every blessing upon you."

"Yet even that enemy of mine own species wished me to be at peace with him before he died."

"I am not a monster; I am a man."

"I lived for years in the woods and mountains, seeking refuge in nature."

"My father did not create me for happiness, nor for virtue."

"The weight of years and of sorrow bent my frame to dissolution."

"I became hateful to myself and to all creation."

"I was unjustly denied the light of day and the pleasure of living."

"My soul glowed with love and humanity; it was burst by indifference and scorn."

"I am alone and miserable; only another being like myself could soothe me."

"I dreamed of happiness, of love, of an eternal union."

"Who gave you the right to make me capable of loving but unable to be loved?"

"I will end this existence that you and your kind made unbearable."

"Once my fancy was soothed with dreams of virtue and of happiness."

"Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition."

"I am the monster that you made me to be."

"I longed for friendship and love; I required sympathy and affection."

"The human heart is a mystery; it delights in cruelty."

"I could not sustain the violence of my feelings; I became silent and despondent."