8 Quotes & Sayings By Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English Romantic writer, author, philosopher, and feminist. She was the author of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. In addition to her short stories and short novels, she published a book of poetry and a theoretical treatise on the rights of women. She also wrote a controversial attack on William Godwin in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Read more

Throughout her life, she suffered from poor health and feelings of isolation. She died at age 47 in London after a brief illness.

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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. Mary Shelley
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My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings. Mary Shelley
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Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. Mary Shelley
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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. Mary Shelley
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The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food. Mary Shelley
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I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves. Mary Shelley
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I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves. Mary Shelley