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Frankenstein:Howmutableareourfeelings,andhowstrangeisthatclinginglovewehaveoflife,evenintheexcessofmisery!

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MaryShelley:Andnow,onceagainIbidmyhideousprogenygoforthandprosper.IhaveanaffecEonforit,foritwastheoffspringofhappydays,whendeathandgriefwerebutwords…

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Hislimbswerenearlyfrozen,andhisbodydreadfullyemaciatedfromfaEgueandsuffering(LeKerIV)

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Frankenstein:IdonoteverremembertohavetrembledatataleofsupersEEon,ortohavefearedtheappariEonofaspirit.

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Frankensteinthinkingabouthimself:MylifehadhithertobeenremarkablysecludedanddomesEc;andthishadgivenmeinvinciblerepugnancytonewcountenances.Mr.Kirwin:“Ishouldhavethought,youngman,thatthepresenceofyourfatherwouldhavebeenwelcome,insteadofinspiringsuchviolentrepugnance.”

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Frankenstein:Amindofmoderatecapacity,whichcloselypursuesonstudy,mustinfalliblyarriveatgreatproficiencyinthatstudy.

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Itwasadivinespring;andtheseasoncontributedgreatlytomyconvalescence.

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Frankenstein:…myhealthandspiritshadlongbeenrestored,andtheygainedaddiEonalstrengthfromthesalubriousairIbreathed,thenaturalincidentsofourprogress,andtheconversaEonofmyfriend.

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Frankenstein:“Asereneskyandverdantfieldsfilledmewithecstasy.”

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Themonster:“Nay,thesearevirtuousandimmaculatebeings!”

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Walton,aboutFrankenstein:Thismorning,asIsatwatchingthepallidcountenanceofmyfriend—hiseyeshalfclosedandhislimbshanginglistlessly…

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JusEne:“Iconfessed,thatImightobtainabsoluEon;butnowthatfalsehoodliesheavieratmyheartthanallmyothersins.”

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Walton,aboutFrankenstein:Theseparoxysmspassfromhimlikeacloudfrombeforethesun,thoughdejecEonneverleaveshim.

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Monster:“Onyouitrests,whetherIquitforevertheneighbourhoodofman,andleadaharmlesslife,orbecomethescourgeofyourfellow-creaturesandtheauthorofyourownspeedyruin.”

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Frankenstein:“Myabhorrenceofthisfiendcannotbeconceived.”

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Frankenstein:Adersomedaysspentinlistlessindolence,duringwhichItraversedmanyleagues,IarrivedatStrasburgh,whereIwaitedtwodaysforClerval.

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Frankenstein:“SomeEmesmypulsebeatsoquicklyandhardly,thatIfeltthepalpitaEonofeveryartery;atothers,Inearlysanktothegroundthroughlanguorandextremeweakness.”And…”JusEnesmiledlanguidly.”

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Frankenstein:Miseryhadherdwellinginmyheart,butInolongertalkedinthesameincoherentmannerofmyowncrimes;sufficientformewastheconsciousnessofthem.

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Themonster:…impotentenvyandbiKerindignaEonfilledmewithaninsaEablethirstforvengeance.

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IshallsaEatemyardentcuriositywiththesightofapartoftheworldneverbeforevisited…(LeKerI)

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Themonster:“This,thenwastherewardformybenevolence!IhadsavedahumanbeingfromdestrucEon,andasarecompenseInowwrithedunderthemiserablepainofawoundwhichshaKeredfleshandbone.ThefeelingsofkindnessandgentlenesswhichIhadentertainedbutafewmomentsbeforegaveplacetohellishrageandgnashingofteeth.Inflamedbypain,Ivowedeternalhatredandvengeancetoallmankind.”

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Frankenstein:Naturalphilosophyisthegeniusthathasregulatedmyfate;Idesiretherefore,inthisnarraEon,tostatethosefactswhichledtomypredilecEonforthatscience.

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Frankenstein:“…nothingcanaltermydesEny.Listentomyhistory,andyouwillperceivehowirrevocablyitisdetermined”

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Iheardofthedivisionofproperty,ofimmensewealthandsqualidpoverty;ofrank,descent,andnobleblood.

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AboutFrankenstein’sfather:“HewasrespectedbyallwhoknewhimforhisintegrityandindefaEgableaKenEontopublicbusiness”

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JusEne:“IbelievethatIhavenoenemyonearth,andnonesurelywouldhavebeensowickedastodestroymewantonly.”

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