Mary Shelley

My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading.

What is this it perpetuates? — It throws into the shade the whole history of the world.

The name of Italy has magic in its very syllables.

I am very happy, and contented with my situation, which is as pleasant as it can be.

The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in exciting our admiration.

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

The very winds whispered in sympathetic sighs.

I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.

A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind.

The world is youthful and has not yet been spoiled by the cares of life.

Fame is a potent aphrodisiac.

I feel that I was born to write.

The desert has its secrets, and so does the sea.

My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.

We are all sculptors of our own lives.

The artist is the creator of beautiful things.

Solitude was my only consolation — deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

To be a great poet is to be a brother to the gods.

The beginning is always today and tomorrow.

I have a passion for the elegant arts.