Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to a mind when it has once seized on it like a lichen on a rock. – Mary Shelley

Published on April 27, 2016 , under Quotes

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Source: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (1818); Chapter: 13. Complete Sentence: “Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on it, like a lichen on the rock. I wished sometimes to shake off all thought and feeling; but I learned that there was but one means to overcome Read More…