"Mathilda" Quotes
"Mathilda" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a dark and tragic tale exploring forbidden love, guilt, and the destructive consequences of incestuous obsession between a father and his daughter.
classics | 94 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
I feel as if I had been born again into a new world.
My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy.
The desire of knowledge, the thirst for discovery, the longing to penetrate the secrets of nature, were all the ardors that animated me.
The eye of the mind is open, and the heart is ready to receive impressions.
The soul cannot be confined: it takes its flight, and wanders through the regions of space.
The past rose before me, and my heart yearned to repossess it.
I had been long accustomed to consider my life as a thing apart, to be isolated, to be judged by its own peculiar rules.
The very nature of my existence was a perpetual struggle.
I had tasted the joys of life, and knew I was capable of others.
I was surrounded by beings who sympathized with me and understood me.
