Mathilda Quotes

“In truth I am in love with death; no maiden ever took more pleasure in the contemplation of her bridal attire than I in fancying my limbs already enwrapped in their shroud: is it not my marriage dress?”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation

“I had [...] been hardened to stone by the Medusa head of Misery.”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation

“oh, my child! bless me with the hope that I have not utterly destroyed you.”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation

“I lament now, I must ever lament, those few short months of Paradisaical bliss; I disobeyed no command, I ate no apple, and yet I was ruthlessly driven from it.”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation

“I lament now, I lust ever lament , those few short months of Paradisaical bliss; I disobeyed no command, I ate no apple, and yet I was ruthlessly driven from it.”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation

“My fate has been governed by necessity, a hideous necessity. It required hands stronger than mine; stronger I do believe than any human force to break the thick, adamantine chain that has bound me,”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation

“This was the thought that haunted me: I was forever forming plans how i might hereafter contrive to escape the tortures that were prepared for me when I should mix in society, and to find that solitude which alone could suit one whom an untold grief separated from her fellow creatures.”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation

“He seemed to cherish a mild grief and softer emotions although sad as a relief from despair - He contrived in many ways to nurse his melancholy as an antidote to wilder passions.”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation

“His feelings seemed better fitted for a spirit whose habitation is the earthquake and the volcano than for one confined to a mortal body and human lineaments.”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation

“My child, if after this life I am permitted to see you again, if pain can purify the heart, mine will be pure: if remorse may expiate guilt, I shall be guiltless.”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation

“I determined to go alone [...]. But it would not do: I rated my fortitude too high, or my love too low.”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation

“Your voice breathed forth only words of love: if there was aught of earthly in you it was only what you derived from the beauty of the world; you seemed to have gained a grace from the mountain breezes-the waterfalls and the lake... a nymphet of the woods such as you were...”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation

“I drank of an enchanted cup but gall was at the bottom of its long drawn sweetness. My heart was full of deep affection, but it was calm from its veery depth and fullness”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation

“your sad mien never alters; your pulses beat and you breathe, yet you seem already to belong to another world; and sometimes, pray pardon my wild thoughts, when you touch my hand I am surprised to find your hand warm when all the fire seems extinct within you.”
― Mary Shelley, Mathilda: A Gothic fiction of Forbidden Desires and Tragic Isolation