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“I endeavoured to crush these fears and to fortify myself for the trial which in a few months I resolved to undergo; and sometimes I allowed my thoughts, unchecked by reason, to ramble in the fields of Paradise, and dared to fancy amiable and lovely creatures sympathizing with my feelings and cheering my gloom; their angelic countenances breathed smiles of consolation. But it was all a dream; no Eve soothed my sorrows nor shared my thoughts ; I was alone. I remembered Adam's supplication to his Creator. But where was mine? He had abondoned me, and in the bitterness of my heart I cursed him."---Frankenstein's monster, Frankenstein”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“Words are finite organs of the infinite mind.”
― Nature
― Nature
“Have mountains, and waves, and skies, no significance but what we consciously give them, when we employ them as emblems of our thoughts?”
― Nature
― Nature
“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things.”
― Nature
― Nature
The Stranded Book Club
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Sydney’s 2025 Year in Books
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