English - Author | August 30, 1797 - February 1, 1851
The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.
Mary Shelley
NatureMeMoreWindsAccentsVery
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
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Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!
GodPeopleThinkTeachHimRather
Elegance is inferior to virtue.
EleganceVirtueInferior
I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.
WomenPowerMenWishOver
My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.
DreamsFreeNobodyMy OwnOwnThem
Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.
LifeLightDeathMeWorldDark
But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.
MyselfTreeSoulI AmSurviveSoon
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.
ChaosCreatingInventionOutMust
And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart.
HeartGriefDeathWordsHappyTrue
What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.
MeWillOthersNeedPillowMidnight
Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.
LifeWhereHatedMostObstinate
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