My father was not scientific, and I was left to struggle with a child's blindness, added to a student's thirst for knowledge.

The whole series of my life appeared to me as a dream; I sometimes doubted if indeed it were all true, for it never presented itself to my mind with the force of reality.

From my birth I have aspired like the eagle - but unlike the eagle, my wings have failed. . . . Congratulate me then that I have found a fitting scope for my powers.

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.

We are fashioned creatures, but half made up. - Victor Frankenstein

Devil, do you dare approach me? and do you not fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head?