Walton

Character in Frankenstein From: Frankenstein

Ship captain and narrator whose letters frame the story with philosophical reflection

58 quotes

"My dear Margaret, I write to you from a place where I can speak without witnesses."
Solitude
"Are you, then, so easily turned from your original purpose?"
Perseverance
"How you would curse the sun that gazes on your crimes!"
Justice
"I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle."
Science
"Prepare yourself for something strange and wonderful."
Imagination
"What a wonderful season for a voyage and an adventure!"
Adventure
"I have sworn vengeance."
Courage
"Yet when I reflect that you have probably destroyed that only evidence of your crime, I own that I am surprised."
Truth
"You were hated; but your creatures love you."
Relationships
"How I longed for the company of a man who could sympathize with me."
Friendship
"I thank you, but I cannot accept your kind offer."
"Walton, in continuation, To Mrs. Saville."
Literature
"The beauty of the Polar region has surprised my expectations."
Beauty
"I prefer the company of a man of genius and cultivation."
Education
"Have you gone mad, or are you about to commit suicide?"
"The ice cracked beneath us with a tremendous and terrific sound."
"You have bewitched me, body and soul."
"If you will permit me, I will relate my entire history."
Truth
"My ambition was to discover the magnetic pole."
"I have made a covenant with myself here."
"He is dead. When I shall die, my first thoughts will not be so much of my own as of thee."
Death
"How inconsistent are your feelings! but a moment ago you were devoted to the accomplishment of your labour."
Change
"My dear friend, broken in spirit as he is, no one could be more capable of devotion."
Friendship
"Even broken in spirit as he is, no one could be more capable of devotion."
Strength
"Revenge only deepens the wounds which misery inflicts"
Wisdom
"You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent that sting you, as mine have been."
Wisdom
"Seek not happiness in tranquility alone; active virtue is required."
Wisdom
"Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition"
Wisdom