Mary Shelley

British writer (1797–1851)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (August 30, 1797 – February 1, 1851) was an English novelist. She married Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose — a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye...

Sourced quotes

  • "What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?"[1]
Simple: Nothing can stop man's determination and will.

References

  1. Robert Walton in "Letter 3"