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

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.

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.

My life, as it passes thus, was indeed hateful to me, and it was during sleep alone that I could taste joy. O blessed sleep!

Oh, of course, " said Ron, clapping a hand to his forehead. "I forgot we'll be hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library.

It is difficult for a man laden with riches to climb the steep path, that leads to bliss

They're looking for guys like us, he says, young and hungry, not done yet. I say I'm not hungry, Rick, all I am is angry. He says that'll do just fine.

I don't go in for ancient wisdomI don't believe just 'cos ideas are tenacious it means they're worthy

Bullies never want to acknowledge their own actions. They want to move through life without reflection or apology.

Contentment is the equilibrium between the enjoyment of life now and the anticipation of what is to come.

I've always been fascinated by activists, people who will devote their life to a cause, people who go to India and to Africa and put their life in jeopardy to do what they believe is right.

The church hates a thinker precisely for the same reason a robber dislikes a sheriff, or a thief despises the prosecuting witness.

Addiction is a serious desease; it will end with jail, mental institutions or death.

The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it.