100+ Frankenstein Quotes About the Creature – Iconic Lines & Dark Wisdom

"I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on."

"Misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous."

"I wept with excess of anguish and wretchedness."

"My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy; and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture such as you cannot even imagine."

"I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with me."

"I am malicious because I am miserable."

"I was benevolent and good; misery made me a demon."

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

"I felt torments such as I must never describe."

"I was cursed by everyone whom I saw."

"All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things?"

"I have devoted my creator, the select specimen of all that is worthy of love and admiration among men, to misery."

"He had abandoned me, and in the bitterness of my heart I cursed him."

"No father had watched my infant days, no mother had blessed me with smiles and caresses."

"I was a poor, helpless, miserable wretch; I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides, I sat down and wept."

"I asked, 'Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?'"

"You are my creator, but I am your master;—obey!"

"I was seized by remorse and the sense of guilt, which hurried me away to a hell of intense tortures such as no language can describe."

"Even now I cannot recollect these events without uneasiness."

"I bore a hell within me."

"Your creature, to whom you gave life, demands happiness; grant it, or ruin awaits you."

"I was cast abroad, an object for the scorn and horror of mankind."

"I was dependent on none, yet related to all."

"I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity: but am I not alone, miserably alone?"

"I was benevolent and wished only for love and kindness."

"I required kindness and sympathy; but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it."

"I felt the greatest eagerness to be known and loved by these amiable creatures."

"I saw no need for their fears. My soul overflowed with kindness, and the desire to be loved."

"I had saved a human being from destruction, and as a recompense I now writhed under the miserable pain of a wound."

"I longed to join them, but dared not."

"I had feelings of affection, and they were requited by detestation and scorn."

"If any being felt emotions of benevolence towards me, I should return them an hundred and an hundredfold."

"I was moved by the sight of suffering, and sought to relieve it."

"I desired love and fellowship, but was forever denied."

"I was capable of love, yet condemned to eternal isolation."

"Let me see that I excite the sympathy of any being in the world, and I shall again feel the wish for virtue revive within me."

"If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!"

"I will work at your destruction, nor finish until I desolate your heart."

"I will be with you on your wedding-night."

"I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends."

"You are my creator, but I am your master;—obey!"

"I too can create desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable."

"I shall be with you on your wedding-night; I will see you as miserable as myself."

"I have sworn eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind."

"I will pursue you to the uttermost parts of the earth."

"You can blast my other passions, but revenge remains."

"I will watch you like a hawk, and when you least expect it, I will strike."

"I shall consume your heart with agony, and then I shall smile."

"I was benevolent and good; misery made me a demon."

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

"I was not made for the companionship of man, but neither was I formed for solitude."

"I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with me."

"I was once a rational creature, and I flattered myself that I was destined to play a part in the great drama of life."

"I am an unfortunate and deserted creature; I look around and find no relation or kindred to me on earth."

"I am not a villain; but I have been treated as one."

"I was not the author of my own misfortunes; I was the child of your unhallowed arts."

"I was not made to suffer this ignominy and contempt."

"I am not a beast, though I may appear so."

"I am not naturally evil; but if I am, then blame my creator."

"I am a blot upon the earth, a thing to shudder at and avoid."

"I was benevolent and good; misery made me a demon."

"My vices are the children of a forced solitude that I abhor."

"I was not born wicked; I was made wicked by circumstances."

"If I have no ties and no affections, hatred and vice must be my portion."

"I was not the author of my own misfortunes; I was the child of your unhallowed arts."

"I was not made to suffer this ignominy and contempt."

"I was not born a monster; I became one through neglect."

"I was not made for evil, but I was driven to it."

"I was not born with a desire to kill; it was taught to me by your cruelty."

"I was not born with hatred; it grew from the soil of abandonment."

"I was not born a fiend; I was created, then rejected."

"I was not born to be alone; I was made to be loved."

"I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with me."

"I am an unfortunate and deserted creature; I look around and find no relation or kindred to me on earth."

"I was dependent on none, yet related to all."

"I am shut out from intercourse with man and woman."

"I have no friend, no one to care for me or think of me with kindness."

"I am an outcast in the world, forever separated from society."

"I longed for company, but every face I saw turned away in horror."

"I am solitary and abhorred; this is more than I can bear."

"I have no place where I belong; I am a stranger everywhere."

"I am invisible, not because I hide, but because no one sees me as human."

"I am cut off from the rest of the world, condemned to walk alone."

"I am not wanted anywhere; I am a burden to the earth."

"I learned and applied the few words which expressed those natural relations of objects which I perceived."

"I began the study of languages, and found that I could easily acquire knowledge."

"I read books, and found in them food for my thoughts and fuel for my soul."

"I felt the capability of reason, and the power of reflection."

"I discovered the theory of electricity and galvanism, and laughed aloud with ecstasy."

"I learned to admire beauty, and to comprehend justice and injustice."

"I studied the lives of the wisest men, and found in them both light and shadow."

"I became acquainted with human history, and wept over the sorrows of mankind."

"I read Milton’s Paradise Lost, and considered myself akin to the fallen angel."

"I reflected on my condition, and found it deeply unjust."

"I questioned why I existed, and what purpose I served."

"I thought, therefore I suffered; knowledge brought me pain."

"I was benevolent and good; misery made me a demon."

"I felt the stings of remorse; the pang of conscience was terrible."

"I wept with bitter tears, remembering the innocence I had lost."

"I had turned the innocent into victims, and joy into mourning."

"I cursed the day on which I received life."

"I felt the weight of my crimes, and wished to atone."

"I was not born evil, but I had done evil."

"I regretted the pain I caused, even as I inflicted it."

"I sought not only vengeance, but justice—for myself."

"I knew right from wrong, and still chose the path of darkness."

"I was not without a conscience, though I acted against it."

"I mourned the goodness I once possessed."

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

"I was once a rational creature, and I flattered myself that I was destined to play a part in the great drama of life."

"I am a blot upon the earth, a thing to shudder at and avoid."

"I know that I am considered the monster of nature, the abhorred of mankind."

"I am not mistaken in believing that I am the most wretched of all earthly beings."

"I am not only a monster, but I have become a symbol of monstrosity."

"I see clearly now the folly of my hopes and the horror of my existence."

"I am conscious of my deformity, and of the loathing it inspires."

"I know that I am feared, not for what I do, but for what I am."

"I am aware that I shall never be accepted, no matter how noble my deeds."

"I understand the irony: I was made in man’s image, yet I am less than human in their eyes."

"I accept my fate—not because I deserve it, but because it is inevitable."