- Dr. Victoria Frankenstein: [musing after the funeral of her son, Henry] Life's a product of biological processes. I've studied it in its minutest, most mundane detail. It's nothing miraculous, nothing wondrous. Death is its end. No resurrection. No eternal life. He's gone and nothing's going to bring him back. I'm too late.
- Dr. Henry Clerval: What for?
- Dr. Victoria Frankenstein: To save him.
- Dr. Henry Clerval: You're trying to serve the... most precious of human needs. Your work is driven by love.