Frankenstein (Word Cloud Classics)

“Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our enquiries.” “In a fit of enthusiastic madness I created a rational creature and was bound towards him to assure…his happiness and wellbeing…I refused, and did right in refusing, to create a companion for the first creature. He showed unparalleled malignity and selfishness in evil; he destroyed my friends; he devoted to destruction beings who possessed exquisite sensations, happiness, and wisdom; nor do I know where this thirst for vengeance may end.” “The death of William, the execution of Justine, the murder of Clerval, and lastly of my wife; even at that moment I knew not that my only remaining friends were safe from the malignancy of the fiend…The task of his destruction as was mine, but I have failed…I am a blasted tree; the bold has entered my soul.” “Frankenstein, your son, your kinsman, your early, much-loved friend; he who would spend each vital drop of blood for your sakes…Mine has been a tale of horrors; I have reached their acme…You have read this strange and terrific story…do you not feel your blood congeal with horror, like that which even now curdles mine?”