Alas! he is cold, he cannot answer me.

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

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

Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to a mind when it has once seized on it like a lichen on a rock." - Frankenstein p115

Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.

A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study.

Ah! it is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace.

Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.

There was a considerable difference between the ages of my parents, but this circumstance seemed to unite them only closer in bonds of devoted affection.

If your wish is to become really a man of science and not merely a petty experimentalist, I should advise you to apply to every branch of natural philosophy, including mathematics.

the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.

Everyone needs beauty. Even beautiful people"From "Central Park Song

Every morning do not go to work, but go to actualize your desire filled dreams.

In the current climate, things that are true, brave human stories become political.

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

If I find myself afraid or scared, that means I'm doing the wrong thing.

Don't expect me to die for you.

We have to find the environments in which it will be possible to live with our new inventions.

If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.

Actually, my experience over the past couple of years hasn't necessarily been something that would be interesting, were it committed to record.

We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.