Who said "My work has always been a refuge from the sorrows of life."?

This quote is attributed to Mary Shelley.

My work has always been a refuge from the sorrows of life. - Mary Shelley

"My work has always been a refuge from the sorrows of life."

Mary Shelley Work

Novelist English 1797–1851

"Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change."

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

"Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through."

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

"Hard work never killed anybody."

"Work with purpose and integrity."

"Hard work pays off in the end."

"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."