Mary Shelley — "I am not a person of opinions because I feel the counter arguments too strongly."

"We are not formed for enjoyment; and, however we may be attuned to the reception of pleasurable emotion, disappointment is the never-failing pilot of our life's bark, and ruthlessly carries us on to t…"

"The sentiment of immediate loss in some sort decayed, while that of utter, irremediable loneliness grew on me with time."

"Marriage is usually considered the grave, and not the cradle of love."

"What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination? These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them."

"I have often thought that the world is a vast prison, where the greater part of mankind are condemned to wear their fetters."