Mary Shelley Quotes
Friends with the monster under her bed.
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Mary Shelley Quotes
Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was just 18, during a contest with poets Percy Shelley and Lord Byron. (She totally won.) Click on any Mary Shelley quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. Looking for even more Mary Shelley quotes? Head on over to her Shmoop biography.
"Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even YOU turned from me in disgust?"Source: Frankenstein | Author: Mary Shelley
"From my infancy I was imbued with high hopes and a lofty ambition."Source: Frankenstein | Author: Mary Shelley
"It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being"Source: Frankenstein | Author: Mary Shelley
"One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought"Source: Frankenstein | Author: Mary Shelley
"Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination?"Source: Frankenstein | Author: Mary Shelley