I was born to be alone, and I always shall be but now I want to be. – Mary MacLane
Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things. – Mary MacLane

I was born to be alone, and I always shall be but now I want to be. – Mary MacLane
Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things. – Mary MacLane
I want fame more than I can tell. But more than I want fame I want happiness. – Mary MacLane
I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley