Quote  Category: Unsorted “From my birth I have aspired like the eagle — but unlike the eagle, my wings have failed.... Congratulate me then that I have found a fitting scope for my powers.” - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) Nee Godwin English novelist, author of Frankenstein, 2nd wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Email this quote to a friend! If there is an error in this quote please let us know. Famous Quotes © ® All rights reserved.