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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus Quotes

Nothing is more painful to the human mind, than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows, arid deprives the soul both of hope and fear. - Mary Shelley (Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus Quotes)

Nothing is more painful to the human mind, than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows, arid deprives the soul both of hope and fear.

Source:(ed. 1831), Chapter 9, page 74
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Mary Shelley (Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus Quotes)
  • Book: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
  • Writer: Mary Shelley
  • Genre: Fiction, Horror
  • Published: 1818
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