"'We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to prosperity with all the eclat of a proverb'"(89).
This quote written by Mary Shelley represents the truth that humans want fame and to be recognized as wise creatures or ones that are wiser than the rest. Through the desire of wanting this selfish recognition, one holds thoughts inside their mind so that they may either hold back lame remarks, or later say something brilliant. This book speaks of shallow behavior throughout its entirety and by having this quote it just, again, explains how people are thinking throughout the book.
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