I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created. Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Quote More from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley “He is dead who called me into being, and when I shall be no more the very remem…” “It was very different when the masters of science sought immortality and power;…” “Polluted by crimes, and torn by the bitterest remorse, where can I find rest bu…” “The world was to me a secret which I desired to devine.”