"One man's life or death were but a
small price to pay for the acquirement
of the knowledge which I sought" - Walton
"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
"Learn from me [...] how
dangerous is the acquirement of
knowledge" - Frankenstein
"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
"Seek happiness in tranquillity
and avoid ambition" - Frankenstein
"I shall be with you on your
wedding night" - Monster
"I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown
powers, and unfold to the world the deepest
mysteries of creation" - Frankenstein
"I, the miserable and the abandoned,
am an abortion, to be spurned at, and
kicked, and trampled on" - Monster
"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
"Strange multiplicity of sensations
seized me, and I saw, felt, heard, and
smelt at the same time" - Monster
"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
"I was dependent on
none and related to
none" - Monster
"My person was
hideous and my stature
gigantic" - Monster
"Accursed creator! Why did you form a
monster so hideous that even YOU
turned from me in disgust?" - Monster
"No Eve soothed my sorrows
nor shared my thoughts; I was
alone" - Monster
"He had abandoned me, and in
the bitterness of my heart I
cursed him" - Monster
"My feelings were those of rage and
revenge. I could with pleasure have
destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants" -
Monster
"I am malicious because I
am miserable" - Monster
"This was indeed a godlike science, and I
ardently desired to become acquainted
with it" - Monster about language
"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
"My more than sister - the beautiful and
adored companion of all my occupations
and my pleasures" - Frankenstein
"Everyone loved
Elizabeth" - Frankenstein
"His yellow skin scarcely covered the
work of muscles and arteries beneath" -
Frankenstein about the Monster
"Shrivelled complexion and
straight black lips" - Frankenstein
about the monster
"Unable to endure the aspect of
the being I had created, I rushed
out of the room" - Frankenstein
"Her features appeared to
change, and I thought that I held
the corpse of my dead mother in
my arms" - Frankenstein
"His jaws opened, and he muttered
some inarticulate sounds, while a grin
wrinkled his cheeks" - Frankenstein
"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
"When I reflected on his crimes and
malice, my hatred and revenge burst all
bounds of moderation" - Frankenstein
"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