Frankenstein Quotes
Mary Shelley seemed to know a thing or two about nightmares.
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"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