Letters, Letter 1 Quotes — Frankenstein

Nothing contributes so much to tranquillise the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight.

I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited, and may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man.

My life might have been passed in ease and luxury, but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path.