Mary Shelley — "What does it avail that I am in the midst of a garden, if the flowers bloom not …"

"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."

"I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable evil, the void that presents itself to the soul, and the despair that is exhibited on the countenance."

"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…"

"My heart was full of a thousand conflicting emotions."

"The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil."