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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quotes

English Author August 30, 1797 – February 1, 1851

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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. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The sound of the river raging among the rocks, and the dashing of the waterfalls around, spoke of a power mighty as Omnipotence? and I ceased to fear or to bend before any being less almighty than that which had created and ruled the elements, here displayed in their most terrific guise. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study..."
A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "Devil, do you dare approach me? and do you not fear the fierce..."
Devil, do you dare approach me? and do you not fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head? Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "We cannot without depraving our minds endeavour to please a..."
We cannot without depraving our minds endeavour to please a lover or husband but in proportion as he pleases us. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind."
A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Continue for the present to write to me by every opportunity: I may receive your letters on some occasions when I need them most to support my spirits. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "I no longer see the world and its works as they before..."
...I no longer see the world and its works as they before appeared to me." - Elizabeth Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
But her's was the misery of innocence, which, like a cloud that passes over the fair moon, for a while hides, but cannot tarnish its brightness. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "...learn from my miseries, and do not seek to increase your own."
...learn from my miseries, and do not seek to increase your own. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The world to me was a secret, which I desired to discover; to her it was a vacancy, which she sought to people with imaginations of her own. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which..."
I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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