Frankenstein

• Interesting creature; his eyes have generally an expression of wildness and even madness”
• Such a man has a double existence
• A celestial spirit, that has a halo around him”
• “The raising of ghosts or devils…the fulfilment of which I most eagerly sought”
• “Felt as if my soul were grappling with a palpable enemy”
• “A new species would bless me as its creator”
• I collected bones from charnel houses”
• Often did my human nature turn with loathing from my occupation”
• “The beauty of the dream vanished and now breathless horror and disgust filled my heart”
• “When I became assured that my enemy had indeed fled, I clapped my hands for joy”
• “I was destined to become the most wretched of human beings”
• “Alas! I had turned loose into the world a depraved wretch”
• “The poor victim…felt not as I did, such deep and bitter agony”
• “Ravings of insanity” “I resolved to remain silent”
• “I suffered living torture” “I the true murderer”
• My heart overflowed with kindness and the love of virtue. I had begun life with benevolent intentions
• When I thought of him I gnashed my teeth , my eyes became inflamed”
• “Natural philosophy is the genius that has regulated my fate”
• “Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude”
• “Secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn”
• No human being could have possessed a happier childhood than myself.
• “I took refuge in the most perfect solitude”
• “I must absent myself from all I loved while thus employed.”
• “Melancholy, that resembled madness”
• “I saw an insurmountable barrier placed between me and my fellow men…sealed with blood”
• “I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul”
• “Wrecked humanity”
• “Enthusiastic frenzy had blinded me”
• “The wretch whom I have created”
• “Why did I not die?”
• “Some destiny of the most horrible kind hangs over me”
• ”the apple was already eaten”
• “I devote myself, either in my life or death, to his destruction”
• ”the spirits of the departed seemed to flit around”
• ”Swear to me, Walton, that he shall not escape”
• “Like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell”
• “Noble and godlike in ruin”
• “The greatness of his fall.
• “Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition”