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A king is always a king - and...

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 Shelli 189 quotes

I am very averse to bringing ...

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 Shelli 189 quotes

My dreams were all my own; I ...

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

The very winds whispered in s...

The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

Teach him to think for himsel...

Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

Nothing contributes so much t...

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

It is hardly surprising that ...

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 Shelli 189 quotes

A slavish bondage to parents ...

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

Invention, it must be humbly ...

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

My dreams were at once more f...

My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

But I am a blasted tree; the ...

But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

I do not wish women to have p...

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

My dreams were all my own I ac...

My dreams were all my own I accounted for them to nobody they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

I am very averse to bringing m...

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 Shelli 189 quotes

My dreams were at once more fa...

My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

I do not wish women to have po...

I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

The agony of my feelings allow...

The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

The very winds whispered in so...

The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

What can stop the determined h...

What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

From my infancy I was imbued w...

From my infancy I was imbued with high hopes and a lofty ambition.

Mary Shelli 189 quotes

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