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Quotes from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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1 If I fail, you will see me again soon, or never.
2 The task of his destruction was mine, but I have failed.
3 How I have lived I hardly know; many times have I stretched my failing limbs upon the sandy plain and prayed for death.
4 I trembled and my heart failed within me, when, on looking up, I saw by the light of the moon the daemon at the casement.
5 Sometimes, on the very brink of certainty, I failed; yet still I clung to the hope which the next day or the next hour might realize.
6 Elizabeth's heart-rending eloquence failed to move the judges from their settled conviction in the criminality of the saintly sufferer.
7 I postponed this attempt for some months longer, for the importance attached to its success inspired me with a dread lest I should fail.
8 All was silent in and around the cottage; it was an excellent opportunity; yet, when I proceeded to execute my plan, my limbs failed me and I sank to the ground.
9 It was one which could not fail to impress itself deeply on my mind, unfolding as it did a number of circumstances, each interesting and wonderful to one so utterly inexperienced as I was.
10 But the fresh air and bright sun seldom failed to restore me to some degree of composure, and on my return I met the salutations of my friends with a readier smile and a more cheerful heart.
11 Elizabeth saw even this last resource, her excellent dispositions and irreproachable conduct, about to fail the accused, when, although violently agitated, she desired permission to address the court.
12 I am about to proceed on a long and difficult voyage, the emergencies of which will demand all my fortitude: I am required not only to raise the spirits of others, but sometimes to sustain my own, when theirs are failing.
13 At first I perceived that he tried to suppress his emotion; he placed his hands before his eyes, and my voice quivered and failed me as I beheld tears trickle fast from between his fingers; a groan burst from his heaving breast.
14 My courage and perseverance were invigorated by these scoffing words; I resolved not to fail in my purpose, and calling on heaven to support me, I continued with unabated fervour to traverse immense deserts, until the ocean appeared at a distance and formed the utmost boundary of the horizon.