There is love in me the likes of which you've never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied int he on… - Mary Wollstonecraft

"My father looked carelessly at the title page of my book, and said, "Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash."

If, instead of this remark, my father had taken the pains to explain to me, that the principles of Agrippa had been entirely exploded, and that a modern system of science had been introduced, which possessed much greater powers than the ancient, because the powers of the latter were chimerical, while those of the former were real and practical; under such circumstances, I should certainly have thrown Agrippa aside, and, with my imagination warmed as it was, should probably have applied myself to the more rational theory of chemistry which has resulted from modern discoveries"

theses bleak skies I hail, for they are kinder to me than ur fellow creatures .

You hate me; but your abhorrence cannot equal that with which I regard myself.