“I knew well therefore what would be my father’s feelings, but I could not tear my thoughts from my employment, loathsome in itself, but which had taken an irresistible hold of my imagination. I wished, as it were, to procrastinate all that related to my feelings of affection until the great object, which swallowed up every habit of my nature, should be completed.” Obsession Book:Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Source: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
“I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit.” Obsession Book:Frankenstein Source: Frankenstein
“I wished, as it were, to procrastinate all that related to my feelings of affection until the great object, which swallowed up every habit of my nature, should be completed.” ObsessionNeglect Book:Frankenstein Source: Frankenstein