"Frankenstein: The 1818 Text" Quotes
"Frankenstein: The 1818 Text" by Mary Shelley explores the tragic consequences of Victor Frankenstein's ambition to create life, resulting in a monstrous being that seeks revenge on its creator.
classics | 288 pages | Published in 2018
Quotes
I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic.
I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel...
I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe.
Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.
The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine.
Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by such slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity or ruin.
I do know that for the sympathy of one living being, I would make peace with all.
Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?
The companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.
I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend.
