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Top 25 Mary Shelly Quotes (2024 Update)

Mary Shelly Quote: “Slave, I before reasoned with you, but you have proved yourself unworthy of my condescension. Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master – obey!”

1. “Slave, I before reasoned with you, but you have proved yourself unworthy of my condescension. Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master – obey!”

— Mary Shelly

Mary Shelly Quote: “Do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash.”

2. “Do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “Chance- or rather the evil influence, the Angel of Destruction, which asserted omnipotent sway over me from the moment I turned my reluctant steps from my father’s door-.”

3. “Chance- or rather the evil influence, the Angel of Destruction, which asserted omnipotent sway over me from the moment I turned my reluctant steps from my father’s door-.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “My heart yearned to be known and loved by these amiable creatures; to see their sweet looks directed towards me with affection was the utmost limit of my ambition. I dared not think that they would turn them from me with disdain and horror.”

4. “My heart yearned to be known and loved by these amiable creatures; to see their sweet looks directed towards me with affection was the utmost limit of my ambition. I dared not think that they would turn them from me with disdain and horror.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “Adieu! my cousin; take care of yourself; and, I entreat you, write!”

5. “Adieu! my cousin; take care of yourself; and, I entreat you, write!”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “The sight of the awful and majestic in nature had indeed always the effect of solemnising my mind, and causing me to forget the passing cares of life. I determined to go without a guide, for I was well acquainted with the path, and the presence of another would destroy the solitary grandeur of the scene.”

6. “The sight of the awful and majestic in nature had indeed always the effect of solemnising my mind, and causing me to forget the passing cares of life. I determined to go without a guide, for I was well acquainted with the path, and the presence of another would destroy the solitary grandeur of the scene.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.”

7. “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all human kind sinned against me?”

8. “Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all human kind sinned against me?”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “I was required to exchange chimeras of boundless grandeur for the realities of little worth.”

9. “I was required to exchange chimeras of boundless grandeur for the realities of little worth.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “The companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds, which hardly any later friend can obtain.”

10. “The companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds, which hardly any later friend can obtain.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind, and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity.”

11. “A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind, and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous, and magnificent, yet so vicious and base?”

12. “Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous, and magnificent, yet so vicious and base?”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “When I looked around, I saw and heard of none like me. Was I then a monster?”

13. “When I looked around, I saw and heard of none like me. Was I then a monster?”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “Oh, that I had for ever remained in my native wood, nor known or felt beyond the sensations of hunger, thirst, and heat! Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on it, like a lichen on the rock.”

14. “Oh, that I had for ever remained in my native wood, nor known or felt beyond the sensations of hunger, thirst, and heat! Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on it, like a lichen on the rock.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist me; and should I feel kindness towards my enemies? No: from that moment I declared ever-lasting war against the species, and, more than all, against him who had formed me, and sent me forth to this insupportable misery.”

15. “There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist me; and should I feel kindness towards my enemies? No: from that moment I declared ever-lasting war against the species, and, more than all, against him who had formed me, and sent me forth to this insupportable misery.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “What I wrote was intended at least for one other eye – my childhood’s companion and friend; but my dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed – my dearest pleasure when free.”

16. “What I wrote was intended at least for one other eye – my childhood’s companion and friend; but my dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed – my dearest pleasure when free.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “My possessions are at your service,′ I replied bitterly-’my poverty, my exile, my disgrace I make a free gift of them all.”

17. “My possessions are at your service,′ I replied bitterly-’my poverty, my exile, my disgrace I make a free gift of them all.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “It was a strong effort of the spirit of good; but it was ineffectual. Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.”

18. “It was a strong effort of the spirit of good; but it was ineffectual. Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend.”

19. “I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “This state of mind preyed upon my health, which had perhaps never entirely recovered from the first shock it had sustained. I shunned the face of men; all sound of joy or complacency was torture to me; solitude was my only consolation – deep, dark, deathlike solitude.”

20. “This state of mind preyed upon my health, which had perhaps never entirely recovered from the first shock it had sustained. I shunned the face of men; all sound of joy or complacency was torture to me; solitude was my only consolation – deep, dark, deathlike solitude.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “You are my creator, but I am your master – obey!”

21. “You are my creator, but I am your master – obey!”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “When I placed my head upon my pillow, sleep crept over me; I felt it as it came and blessed the giver of oblivion.”

22. “When I placed my head upon my pillow, sleep crept over me; I felt it as it came and blessed the giver of oblivion.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “Sigue escribiendo siempre que tengas la oportunidad.”

23. “Sigue escribiendo siempre que tengas la oportunidad.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “And where does he now exist? is this gentle and lovely being lost for ever? Has this mind, so replete with ideas, imaginations fanciful and magnificent, which formed a world, whose existence depended on the life of its creator – has the mind perished? Does it now only exist in my memory? No, it is not thus; your form so divinely wrought, and beaming with beauty, has decayed, but your spirit still visits and consoles your unhappy friend.”

24. “And where does he now exist? is this gentle and lovely being lost for ever? Has this mind, so replete with ideas, imaginations fanciful and magnificent, which formed a world, whose existence depended on the life of its creator – has the mind perished? Does it now only exist in my memory? No, it is not thus; your form so divinely wrought, and beaming with beauty, has decayed, but your spirit still visits and consoles your unhappy friend.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always posses a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.”

25. “Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always posses a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “I asked, it is true, for greater treasures than a little food or rest: I required kindness and sympathy; but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it.”

26. “I asked, it is true, for greater treasures than a little food or rest: I required kindness and sympathy; but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it.”

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Mary Shelly Quote: “But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul.”

27. “But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul.”

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