Pip

"The happiness I have gained has not been proportioned to my sacrifices."

"There was a dignity in his manner that made me respect him."

"I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape."

"That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in my life."

"I was always treated as if I were a considerable boy."

"I hope that I am not obstinate or over-confident."

"The smallest speck of ambition might not be entirely misplaced."

"I felt a burning shame at my own conduct."

"My education had not prepared me for such a discovery."

"There was something in her that I could not quite understand."

"I owe everything to you."

"I was filled with an intense desire to obtain Great Expectations."

"In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right."

"I have no heart to deny you anything."

"I saw in her a reflection of myself."

"I had come to understand the value of true friendship."

"The truth had finally been revealed to me."

"I have learned that wealth cannot buy happiness."

"I felt myself becoming someone I did not recognize."

"At last I understand what it means to live."

"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and I have been taught by it."

"The unqualified truth is that when you fall in love, it is a catastrophic thing."

"I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape."

"The secret was mine, and I kept it."

"I wish you to know me as a gentleman."

"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart."

"The course of true love never did run smooth."

"My father's name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer than Pip."

"I have dared to hope that I might be a worthier object of your regard."

"I thought of her often after this."