Pip

"My very breath seemed to turn into constraint"

"The dream of my childhood had become my torment"

"She took me in with a glance"

"I learned that true gentility was not found in possessions"

"The hours seemed to lengthen into eternities"

"In that one moment I saw clearly what I had been denying"

"I found myself utterly altered from what I had been"

"The power of understanding came upon me like a revelation"

"I had pursued false ideals with a blind determination"

"The pain of knowing what one has lost is exquisite"

"I learned to value what I had once deemed worthless"

"My conscience spoke louder than my pride"

"The future stretched before me as an open question"

"I am afraid I am a coarse common boy."

"It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home."

"I had believed in the chimney sweeper coming down, in the Night of All the Year."

"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears."

"I had never thought of being ashamed of my mother before."

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

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

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

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

"I do not think I ever was such a rabbit as that in my whole life."

"I had loved her against reason, against promise, against peace."

"Whatever I possessed was now utterly valueless to me."

"I was happy until I began to despise myself."

"Believe it or not, I am beginning to understand Estella better now."

"It was not in the nature of things that I should rise so high with him."

"My heart stopped beating when I saw you."

"I have not been the worthiest of friends."