More - Mary Shelley Quotes

My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy, and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture such as you cannot even imagine.

Mary Shelley

 

It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open . . .

Mary Shelley

 

Women are told from their infancy, and taught by the example of their mothers, that a little knowledge of human weakness, justly termed cunning, softness of temper, outward obedience and a scrupulous attention to a puerile kind of propriety, will obtain for them the protection of man.

Mary Shelley

 Example Men And Women

My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature; the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy.

Mary Shelley

 Appearance

I beheld the wretch - the miserable monster whom I had created

Mary Shelley

 

Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the influence of strong passions, or with very vigorous faculties.

Mary Shelley

 Army And Navy

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

Mary Shelley

 Charity English Author

At boarding schools the relaxation of the junior boys is mischief, and of the seniors vice

Mary Shelley

 Boys

I shall live to improve myself, to take care of my child and to render myself worthy to join him. Soon my weary pilgrimage will begin.

Mary Shelley

 English Author

A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority and her sex ever stand between them and rational converse

Mary Shelley

 Authority