"I'm a scientist! The world is a secret which I desire to divine. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome... A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy, excellent natures would owe their being to me. No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I deserve theirs. I wished to create life! And *you* are that life! You are beautiful yet repulsive... Oh Lord, your *eyes*..."