Important Frankenstein quotes

Important Frankenstein quotes

1. "One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought" - Walton

2. "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" - Frankenstein

3. "Learn from me [...] how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge" - Frankenstein

4. "How much happier is the man who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow" - Frankenetein

5. "Seek happiness in tranquillity and avoid ambition" - Frankenstein

6. "I shall be with you on your wedding night" - Monster

7. "I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation" - Frankenstein

8. "I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on" - Monster

9. "The innocent and helpless creature bestowed on them by heaven [...] and whose future lot it was in their hands to direct to happiness or misery" - Frankenstein about the role of a parent

10. "Strange multiplicity of sensations seized me, and I saw, felt, heard, and smelt at the same time" - Monster

11. "I found, with pleasure, that the fire gave light as well as heat and that the discovery of this element was useful to me in my food" - Monster

12. "I was dependent on none and related to none" - Monster

13. "My person was hideous and my stature gigantic" - Monster

14. "Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even YOU turned from me in disgust?" - Monster

15. "No Eve soothed my sorrows nor shared my thoughts; I was alone" - Monster

16. "He had abandoned me, and in the bitterness of my heart I cursed him" - Monster

17. "My feelings were those of rage and revenge. I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants" - Monster

18. "I am malicious because I am miserable" - Monster

19. "This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it" - Monster about language

20. "I cannot describe to you the agony that these reflections inflicted upon me; I tried to dispel them, but sorrow only increased with knowledge." - Monster

21. "My more than sister - the beautiful and adored companion of all my occupations and my pleasures" - Frankenstein

22. "Everyone loved Elizabeth" - Frankenstein

23. "His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath" - Frankenstein about the Monster

24. "Shrivelled complexion and straight black lips" - Frankenstein about the monster

25. "Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room" - Frankenstein

26. "Her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms" - Frankenstein

27. "His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks" - Frankenstein

28. "Ugly wretch! You wish to eat me and tear me to pieces. You are an ogre. Let me go, or I will tell my papa" - William

29. "When I reflected on his crimes and malice, my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation" - Frankenstein

30. "For the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and I did not strive to control them [...] I bent my mind towards injury and death" - Monster

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