Mary Shelley — "Do you mark my words; I have learned the language of despair: I have it all by h…"

Do you mark my words; I have learned the language of despair: I have it all by heart, for I am Despair; and a strange being am I, joyous, triumphant Despair….
Mary Shelley — Mary Shelley Modern · Frankenstein

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From 'Mathilda' or 'The Last Man', a paradoxical personification of despair.

Date: 1819 (Mathilda), 1826 (The Last Man)

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