Frankenstein quotations

Some key quotations from the 1818 Frankenstein novel by Mary Shelley, on one side there is a key word in the quotation and on the other is the full quotation.

madness

“memory brought madness with it”

artist

“an artist occupied by his favourite employment”

letters

“learned the science of letters”

fears

“a thousand fears arose in my mind”

banish

“could banish disease from the human frame”

ardour

“an ardour that far exceeded moderation”

monsters

“men appear to me monsters thirsting for each other’s blood”

catastrophe

“How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe”

deprived

“Had deprived myself of rest and health”

pale

“my cheek had grown pale with study”

Adam

“I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel”

Opposition

“I will not be tempted to set myself in opposition with thee”

Fiend

“Misery made me a fiend”

inspire

“If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear”

dragged

“I saved her and dragged her to the shore”

Creator

“You are my creator but I am your master, obey”

acquirement

“How dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge”

miserable

“I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with me”

selected

“selected his features as beautiful”

yellow

“his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath”

purposes

“the will and power to effect purposes of horror”

whom

“wretch whom I had created

tortures

"the tortures of the accused did not equal mine"

distinguished

"I distinguished the insect from the herb"

unhappy

"when they were unhappy, I felt depressed: when they rejoiced, I sympathised in their joys"

cursory

"I obtained a cursory knowledge of history"

sentiment

"I felt no sentiment but that of hatred"

casement

"the daemon at the casement"

alive

"I am sorry that I am still alive to feel this misery and horror"

breath

"Breath had ceased to issue from her lips"

purest

"Purest creature on earth"

misfortunes

"as the memory of past misfortunes pressed upon me"

silver

"heard the silver tones of my Elizabeth's voice"

body

"the body of a man, who was to all appearance dead"

tears

"her tears and endless sorrow"

race

"a race of devils would be propagated upon earth"

sympathy

"How can you who long for the love and sympathy of man, persevere in this exile?"

filthy

"the filthy mass that moved and talked”

benevolence

 "If any being felt emotions of benevolence towards me, I should return them an hundred and an hundred fold"

believe

"how shall I ever again believe in human benevolence"

sensation

“I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit”

considerable

“It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original aera of my being”

darkness

“darkness then came over me”