Mary Shelley Quotes

A collection of quotes by Mary Shelley.

Mary Shelley was an English novelist and short story writer, best known for her Gothic novel, "Frankenstein." Born on August 30, 1797, in London, she was the daughter of renowned philosopher William Godwin and feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft. Shelley's masterpiece, "Frankenstein," published when she was just 20 years old, has become a classic of literature and spawned countless adaptations. She wrote several other novels, including "Mathilda" and "The Last Man," and continued to write throughout her life. Shelley died on February 1, 1851, leaving behind a lasting legacy as one of the pioneers of science fiction.

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

There was a considerable difference between the ages of my p

There was a considerable difference between the ages of my parents, but this circumstance seemed to unite them only closer in bonds of devoted affection.

Wisdom Life Age Love Relationships Romance

Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling cl

Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to those who yet live. Our circle will be small, but bound close by the ties of affection and mutual misfortune. And when time shall have softened your despair, new and dear objects of care will be born to replace those of whom we have been so cruelly deprived.

Death Love Misfortune Sorrow

My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympath

My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy, and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture such as you cannot even imagine.

Change Love Vices

One as deformed and horrible as myself, could not deny herse

One as deformed and horrible as myself, could not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species, and have the same defects... with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being...

Life Love Relationships Romance Loneliness Companionship

In other studies you go as far as other have gone before you

In other studies you go as far as other have gone before you, and there is nothing more to know; but in a scientific pursuit there is continual food for discovery and wonder.

Science Discovery

allow me now to return to the cottagers, whose story excited

allow me now to return to the cottagers, whose story excited in me such various feelings of indignation, delight, and wonder, but which all terminated in additional love and reverence for my protectors (for so I loved, in an innocent, half painful self-deceit, to call them).