Quotes by Mary Shelley

"Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world."

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"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."

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"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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"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."

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"The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more."

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