Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people! Mary Shelley Read Quote
What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow. Mary Shelley Read Quote
I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion. Mary Shelley Read Quote
It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with. Mary Shelley Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose – a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. Mary Shelley Read Quote