Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes
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~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
I shall live to improve myself, to take care of my child and to render myself worthy to join him. Soon my weary pilgrimage will begin.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
I beheld the wretch - the miserable monster whom I had created.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of voice, but out of chaos.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this country
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
Man, I cried, "how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
I am malicious because I am miserable. ... If any being felt emotions of benevolence towards me, I should return them a hundred and a hundred fol
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
Elegance is inferior to virtue
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you,as mine has been.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
I do not wish them to have power over men, but over themselves.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the influence of strong passions, or with very vigorous faculties.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature; the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quote
