Citations:desolate


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * The labours I endured were no longer to be alleviated by the bright sun or gentle breezes of spring; all joy was but a mockery which insulted my desolate state and made me feel more painfully that I was not made for the enjoyment of pleasure.
 * If, therefore, I could seize him and educate him as my companion and friend, I should not be so desolate in this peopled earth.
 * Have a care; I will work at your destruction, nor finish until I desolate your heart, so that you shall curse the hour of your birth."