“One man’s life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought…”

“I was capable of a more intense application and was more deeply smitten with the thirst for knowledge.”

“How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form?”

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful”.

“Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? I know not; despair had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were those of rage and revenge.

“I shall satiate my ardent curiosity “- Walton’s reason for journey.

“Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature…”

“I remembered too well the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbaric villagers, and resolved, whatever course of conduct I might hereafter think it right to pursue”

It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn.