Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley said this quote

“ I felt convinced that however it might have been in former times, in the present stage of the world, no man's faculties could be developed, no man's moral principle be enlarged and liberal, without an extensive acquaintance with books. ”

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Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.

~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation, I am alone.

~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

There was a considerable difference between the ages of my parents, but this circumstance seemed to unite them only closer in bonds of devoted affection.

~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.

~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley