Mary Shelley — "I was born with a love for the marvellous."

"So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein—more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the worl…"

"There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand."

"The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil."

"It would be an endless task to trace the variety of meannesses, cares, and sorrows into which women are plunged by the prevailing opinion that they were created rather to feel than reason."

"Dreams are but the reflections of our waking hours."