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Mathilda QUOTES

Mathilda QUOTES

1 " A nymph of the woods such as you were, "

― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Mathilda

2 " If pain can purify the heart, mine will be pure. "

― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Mathilda

3 " My greatest pleasure was the enjoyment of a serene sky amidst these verdant woods: yet I loved all the changes of Nature; and rain, and storm, and the beautiful clouds of heaven brought their delights with them. When rocked by the waves of the lake my spirits rose in triumph as a horseman feels with pride the motions of his high fed steed.
But my pleasures arose from the contemplation of nature alone, I had no companion: my warm affections finding no return from any other human heart were forced to run waste on inanimate objects. "

― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Mathilda

4 " You are still, as you ever were, lovely, beautiful beyond expression. "

― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Mathilda

5 " Believe me, I will never desert life until this last hope is torn from my bosom, that in some way my labours may form a link of gold with which we ought all to strive to drag Happiness from where she sits enthroned above the clouds, now far beyond our reach, to inhabit the earth with us. "

― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Mathilda

6 " I am in a strange state of mind. I am alone—quite alone—in the world—the blight of misfortune has passed over me and withered me; I know that I am about to die and I feel happy—joyous.—I feel my pulse; it beats fast: I place my thin hand on my cheek; it burns: there is a slight, quick spirit within me which is now emitting its last sparks. I shall never see the snows of another winter—I do believe that I shall never again feel the vivifying warmth of another summer sun; and it is in this persuasion that I begin to write my tragic history. Perhaps a history such as mine had better die with me, but a feeling that I cannot define leads me on and I am too weak both in body and mind to resist the slightest impulse. While life was strong within me I thought indeed that there was a sacred horror in my tale that rendered it unfit for utterance, and now about to die I pollute its mystic terrors. It is as the wood of the Eumenides none but the dying may enter; and Oedipus is about to die. "

― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Mathilda

7 " At first, as the memory of former happiness contrasted to my present despair came across me, "

― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Mathilda

8 " But they became every day more ardent and tender. It was a passion that had frown with his growth... "

― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Mathilda

9 " None knew of their love except their own two hearts... "

― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Mathilda

10 " My warm affections finding no return... were forced to run waste on inanimate objects. "

― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Mathilda

11 " Believe me, if you beheld on lips with grief one smile of joy and gratitude, and knew that you were parent of that smile and that without you it had never been, you would feel so pure and warm a happiness that you'd wish to live forever again and again to enjoy the same pleasure. "

― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Mathilda