Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelleythe sentiment of immediate loss in some sort decayed, while that of utter, irremediable loneliness grew on me with time.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyI required kindness and sympathy, but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley