He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.

One as deformed and horrible as myself, could not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species, and have the same defects... with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being.

Women are told from their infancy, and taught by the example of their mothers, that a little knowledge of human weakness, justly termed cunning, softness of temper, outward obedience and a scrupulous attention to a puerile kind of propriety, will obtain for them the protection of man.

He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.

There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

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