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She saw and marked the revolutions that had been, and the present seemed to her only a point of rest, from which time was to renew his flight.

She saw and marked the revolutions that had been, and the present seemed to her only a point of rest, from which time was to renew his flight.
– Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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  3. My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  4. the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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  7. For the first time she knew and loved the Spirit of good and beauty, an affinity to which affords the greatest bliss that our nature can receive. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  8. So much does suffering blunt even the coarsest sensations of men – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  9. Surely once in a life God will grant the earnest entreaty of a loving heart. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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  12. Those moral laws on which all human excellence is founded-”a love of truth in ourselves, and a sincere sympathy with our fellow-creatures. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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  14. This advice, although good, was totally inapplicable to my case. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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  16. The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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  19. Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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  21. Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  22. Ah! it is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  23. In certain circumstances, basically shit ones, it’s fight or flight. With Tommy it’s always fright and flight. – Terry Weible Murphy
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  32. It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world! – Mary Wollstonecraft
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