My hopes were suddenly cut off, and I learned by painful exp... - Mary Shelley

This quote is attributed to Mary Shelley.

"My hopes were suddenly cut off, and I learned by painful experience what it is to hope."

Mary Shelley Hope

Novelist English 1797–1851

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