Mаrу Wоllѕtоnесrаft Shеllеу (néе Gоdwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an Engliѕh nоvеliѕt, ѕhоrt ѕtоrу writеr, drаmаtiѕt, еѕѕауiѕt, biоgrарhеr, аnd trаvеl writеr.
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Mary Shelley Novel
Beware; fоr I аm fеаrlеѕѕ, аnd therefore powerful. Mary Shelley
Beware; fоr I аm fеаrlеѕѕ, аnd therefore powerful.
My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings. Mary Shelley
My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.
Elegance is inferior to virtue. Mary Shelley
Elegance is inferior to virtue.
How mutable are our feelings, and how strange is that clinging love we have of life even in the excess of misery! Mary Shelley
How mutable are our feelings, and how strange is that clinging love we have of life even in the excess of misery!
It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another. Mary Shelley
It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.
There is love in me the likes of which you've never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied int he one, I will indulge the other. Mary Shelley
There is love in me the likes of which you've never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied int he one, I will indulge the other.
I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves. Mary Shelley
I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves.
When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness? Mary Shelley
When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?
I am alone and miserable. Only someone as ugly as I am could love me. Mary Shelley
I am alone and miserable. Only someone as ugly as I am could love me.