Mary Shelley — "To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death."

"Man," I cried, "how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!"

"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…"

"The companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain."

"What does it avail that I am in the midst of a garden, if the flowers bloom not for me?"

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