Citations de livres

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Pride and Prejudice

It is a truth universally acknowledged.

Une ouverture ironique.

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Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

The creature declares his power born from isolation, warning Victor that rejection has consequences.

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Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus

I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel.

The creature compares himself to Adam, denied paradise by his creator's abandonment.

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Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus

Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.

Victor's reflection on how rapidly his happiness transformed into despair upon seeing his creation.

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Meditations

Thus the most religious of emperors came of the blood of the most pious of early kings.

Establishes the connection between Marcus Aurelius's lineage and his spiritual reputation.

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Meditations

Acts of "rightness" or "straightness."

A definition of moral action derived from the Greek term 'katorqwseiz'.

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Meditations

paltry breath bearing up corpses

A poetic description of the physical body contrasted with the life force.