The whole series of my life appeared to me as a dream; I sometimes doubted if indeed it were all true, for it never presented itself to my mind with the force of reality. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley More Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley More Quotes From Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley life-or-death pay men It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley difficulty eras remember And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley echoes grief heart Once a king ... it was impossible, without risk of life, to sink to a private station. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley risk kings impossible His conversation was marked by its happy abundance. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley abundance women conversation Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley creating doe writing My father was not scientific, and I was left to struggle with a child's blindness, added to a student's thirst for knowledge. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley struggle father children Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley break-through light dark My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley neglected reading Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley accumulation dear may Solitude becomes a sort of tangible enemy, the more dangerous, because it dwells within the citadel itself. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley tangible solitude enemy Allow me now to return to the cottagers, whose story excited in me such various feelings of indignation, delight, and wonder, but which all terminated in additional love and reverence for my protectors (for so I loved, in an innocent, half painful self-deceit, to call them). Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley self feelings love My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley fantastic dream writing I leave a sad and bitter world; and if you remember me, and think of me as of one unjustly condemned, I am resigned to the fate awaiting me. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley fate world thinking The guilty are allowed, by human laws, bloody as they are, to speak in their own defence before they are condemned. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley guilty speak law But her's was the misery of innocence, which, like a cloud that passes over the fair moon, for a while hides, but cannot tarnish its brightness. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley brightness moon clouds From my birth I have aspired like the eagle - but unlike the eagle, my wings have failed. . . . Congratulate me then that I have found a fitting scope for my powers. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley birth eagles wings When I step into the batter's box, the fans, the noise, the cheers, they all disappear. For that moment, the world is just a battle between me and the pitcher. And more than anything, I want to win. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley cheer softball winning Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley atheism hated life You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley commencement disaster evil
