“Then the appearance of death was distant, although the wish was ever present to my thoughts, and I often sat for hours motionless and speechless, wishing for some mighty revolution that might bury me and my destroyer in its ruins.” FrankensteinFrankenstein S MonsterMary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft ShelleyMary Shelley FrankensteinMary ShellyFrankenstein And MaryVictor FrankensteinFrankensteins Monster Book:Frankenstein Source: Frankenstein
“We placed his remains under a cypress, the upright mountain being scooped out to receive them. And then Clara said, ‘If you wish me to live, take me from hence. There is something in this scene of transcendent beauty, in these trees, and hills and waves, that for ever whisper to me, leave thy cumbrous flesh, and make a part of us. I earnestly entreat you to take me away.” The Last ManMary Wollstonecraft ShelleyMary Shelly Book:The Last Man Source: The Last Man
“I allowed my thoughts, unchecked by reason, to ramble in the fields of Paradise, and dared to fancy amiable and lovely creatures sympathizing with my feelings and cheering you gloom…But it was all a dream: no Eve soothed my sorrows nor shared my thoughts; I was alone.” FrankensteinMary Shelly Book:Frankenstein Source: Frankenstein