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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes: I, a miserable wretch, haunted by a curse that shut up every avenue to enjoyment.
         

I, a miserable wretch, haunted by a curse that shut up every avenue to enjoyment.


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Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.



Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?




Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.



If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!




I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.

I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.



There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.

There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.



Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.



My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.





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This page presents the quote "I, a miserable wretch, haunted by a curse that shut up every avenue to enjoyment.". Author of this quote is Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. This quote is about horror, science-fiction, misery,.