Mary Wollstonecraft

I have a soul that pants for liberty.

I am not afraid of the world, nor of its censures.

I am not a creature of circumstances; I am a creature of principle.

I have a heart that is full of gratitude, and a head that is full of schemes.

I am not a mere woman, but a rational being.

I have no other wish than to live in peace and obscurity.

I am a solitary being, who has no ties to bind her to the world.

I have a mind that is always at work, and a heart that is always at rest.

I am not a philosopher, but a woman of feeling.

I have a soul that is too proud to stoop to any meanness.

I am not a creature of fashion, but of nature.

I am not a saint, but a sinner.

I have a soul that is too noble to be enslaved.

I am not a mere machine, but a thinking being.

I have a heart that is too tender to be wounded.

I am not a creature of impulse, but of deliberation.

I have a soul that is too refined to be corrupted.

I am not a mere echo, but a voice.

I have a heart that is too open to be deceived.

I am not a mere shadow, but a substance.