I see by your eagerness, and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be in formed of the secret with which I am acquainted. That cannot be.

I, a miserable wretch, haunted by a curse that shut up every avenue to enjoyment.

To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death.

Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. 'Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemlance. Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and abhorred.' - Frankenstein

It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn.

The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.

Polluted by crimes, and torn by the bitterest remorse, where can I find rest but in death?