My spirit will sleep in peace; or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. Farewell.
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the nature of one's thoughts and the concept of eternal peace in death.
In this poignant statement, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley conveys the notion that the spirit can find tranquility in death, free from the burdens of earthly concerns. It underscores the idea that in death, one may either find peace or, if still capable of thought, reject the turmoil of living, indicating a deeper philosophical exploration of existence and the afterlife.
In practice
In a eulogy reflecting on the peaceful nature of the deceased's final journey.
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of a void, but out of chaos; the materials must in the first place be afforded; it can give form to dark, shapeless substances, but cannot bring into being the substance itself.
The instructor can scarcely give sensibility where it is essentially wanting, nor talent to the unpercipient block. But he can cultivate and direct the affections of the pupil, who puts forth, as a parasite, tendrils by which to cling, not knowing to what - to a supporter or a destroyer.
What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.
I shall commit my thoughts to paper, it is true; but that is a poor medium for the communication of feeling. I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me, whose eyes would reply to mine.
Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to those who yet live. Our circle will be small, but bound close by the ties of affection and mutual misfortune. And when time shall have softened your despair, new and dear objects of care will be born to replace those of whom we have been so cruelly deprived.
Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. 'Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemlance. Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and abhorred.' - Frankenstein
Physicians of the utmost fame, Were called at once; but when they came They answered, as they took their fees, 'There is no Cure for this Disease.'
Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned.
The man who enters his wife's dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
Imagine no possessions; I wonder if you can.
[T]he truth is that drug addicts have a disease. It only takes a short time in the streets to realize that out-of-control addiction is a medical problem, not a form of recreational or criminal behavior. And the more society treats drug addiction as a crime, the more money drug dealers will make "relieving" the suffering of the addicts.
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
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