“I busied myself to think of a story — which would speak to the...” – Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ... Movie Quotes Database

I busied myself to think of a story — which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature — and awaken thrilling horror. One to make the reader dread to look around, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart.
-Opening line taken from the introduction of the novel

More from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein I haven't got time to argue! Elizabeth Oh, isn't it convenient? Or doesn't it fit in with your plans? Don't you ever think of anything or anyone than yourself? Professor Waldman And that is why the central nervous system and it's crowning achievement the brain, are as complicated and mysterious a set of organs as you are ever likely to encounter. Handing a scalpel to Frankenstein Professor Waldman: Mr. Frankenstein the incision is yours. Excellent. Mr. Clerval you may remove the cranial lid.
Henry faints The Creature There are people, but they do not know me. Grandfather Why do you not go to them? The Creature Because I am so ugly, and they are beautiful.