Mary Shelley — "Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void,…"

"You are my creator, but I am your master."

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

"One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought, for the dominion I should acquire and transmit over the elemental foes of our race."

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

"I knew the labyrinthine intrigue of his marriage was of a nature to present us with difficulties, but I was assured of the naturalness of our joining. I was sixteen and the world was suddenly entirely…"