What did Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley mean by: And the violet lay dead while the odour flew On the wings of the wind o’er the waters blue. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Author · England Copy
I could not understand why men who knew all about good and evil could hate and kill each other. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Conflict, Empathy, Morality, 0 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Author · England
It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Earth, Heaven, Secrets, 0 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Author · England
The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Comfort, Emotion, Nature, 0 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Author · England
Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Resilience, Struggle, Value, 0 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Author · England
Solitude was my only consolation – deep, dark, deathlike solitude. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Consolation, Solitude, 0 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Author · England
None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Curiosity, Exploration, Knowledge, 0 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Author · England
…learn from my miseries, and do not seek to increase your own. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Growth, Learning, Misery, 0 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Author · England
+ Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. Author, November 17, 2022December 25, 2024, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Change, Mind, Pain, 0 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Author · England
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I just love the world around me and wanted my audience to love and appreciate it too. Jean Craighead George