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About Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was a 18th-century English writer. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Beauty — Appreciating aesthetics, grace, and the sublime
  • Happiness — Thoughts on finding joy, contentment, and fulfilment
  • Love — Quotes exploring romantic love, compassion, and human connection

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“No, no, I will not live among the wild scenes of nature, the enemy of all that lives. I will seek the townsRome, the capital of the world, the crown of man's achievements. Among its storied streets...”
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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“The weather was cheerful, the breath of spring animating. She watched the swelling of the budsthe peeping heads of the crocusesthe opening of the anemones and wild wind-flowers, and at last, the sw...”
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“When tenderness softened her heart, and the sublime feeling of universal love penetrated her, she found no voice that replied so well to hers as the gentle singing of the pines under the air of noo...”
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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“Volume II: Chapter V What are we, the inhabitants of this globe, least among the many that people infinite space? Our minds embrace infinity; the visible mechanism of our being is subject to merest...”
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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“Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.”
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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“Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.”
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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