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.

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.

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!

I have found what I need most to heal a broken bond is time together—the very thing I avoid is the thing most desired.

The more you can escape from how horrible things really are, the less it's going to bother you...and then, the worse things get.

What is reasonable is real

I'm always in my pajamas, unless I know for a fact that people are taking my picture.

You dont know someone until you know what they want.

The whole idea of civilization as an understandable narrative is a bit nuts. It's the most problematic of delusions.

The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

No matter how improbable an assertion is, if it is made with enough assurance it has an affect.

This [Gang of Eight bill (S.744)] is far, far too many low-skilled workers that are going to take jobs and pull down wages of people unemployed and underemployed right now.

Men possessing minds of the first order and who have had opportunities of being known and of acquiring the general confidence do not abound in any country beyond the wants of the country.