Victor Frankenstein Quotes in Frankenstein

You are my creator, but I am your master; obey!

The cup of life was poisoned for ever, and although the sun shone upon me, as upon the happy and gay of heart, I saw around me nothing but a dense and frightful darkness, penetrated by no light but the glimmer of two eyes that glared upon me.

Why did I not die? More miserable than man ever was before, why did I not sink into forgetfulness and rest? Death snatches away many blooming children, the only hopes of their doting parents; how many brides and youthful lovers have been one day in the bloom of health and hope, and the next a prey for worms and the decay of the tomb!

_I will be with you on your wedding-night!_

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

By the sacred earth on which I kneel, by the shades that wander near me, by the deep and eternal grief that I feel, I swear; and by thee, O Night, and the spirits that preside over thee, to pursue the dæmon who caused this misery, until he or I shall perish in mortal conflict.

Farewell, Walton! Seek happiness in tranquillity and avoid ambition, even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.

Like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell.

His countenance instantly assumed an aspect of the deepest gloom, and he replied, "To seek one who fled from me."

I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.