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Quotes from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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1 This sound disturbed an old woman who was sleeping in a chair beside me.
2 But it was in vain; I slept, indeed, but I was disturbed by the wildest dreams.
3 I broke from the house angry and disturbed and retired to meditate on some other mode of action.
4 I told the servants not to disturb the family, and went into the library to attend their usual hour of rising.
5 I collected bones from charnel-houses and disturbed, with profane fingers, the tremendous secrets of the human frame.
6 Do not let this letter disturb you; do not answer tomorrow, or the next day, or even until you come, if it will give you pain.
7 Most of the night she spent here watching; towards morning she believed that she slept for a few minutes; some steps disturbed her, and she awoke.
8 A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity.
9 But the consideration of these points, and the well balancing of what you may esteem your duties, I leave to you; my judgment and ideas are already disturbed by the near approach of death.
10 That he should live to be an instrument of mischief disturbs me; in other respects, this hour, when I momentarily expect my release, is the only happy one which I have enjoyed for several years.
11 I would not disturb you at this period, when so many misfortunes weigh upon you, but a conversation that I had with my uncle previous to his departure renders some explanation necessary before we meet.
12 At this time a slight sleep relieved me from the pain of reflection, which was disturbed by the approach of a beautiful child, who came running into the recess I had chosen, with all the sportiveness of infancy.
13 Doubtless my words surprised Henry; he at first believed them to be the wanderings of my disturbed imagination, but the pertinacity with which I continually recurred to the same subject persuaded him that my disorder indeed owed its origin to some uncommon and terrible event.
14 Indeed, as the period approached, the threat appeared more as a delusion, not to be regarded as worthy to disturb my peace, while the happiness I hoped for in my marriage wore a greater appearance of certainty as the day fixed for its solemnization drew nearer and I heard it continually spoken of as an occurrence which no accident could possibly prevent.