"Friendship endures where love may falter."Friendship
"The fire within me had been extinguished."Hope
"I understood at last what it meant to be truly free."Freedom
"It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home"
"Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life depends on these pages"Life
"I had never thought of being ashamed of my breath before"
"The world is not kind to those who cannot fit into its molds"
"I was a coward. But I was also becoming something worse"Fear
"Great expectations bring great disappointments"
"I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace"Love
"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching"Wisdom
"My heart was with Estella all the time"Love
"The very stars seemed to grow darker as my hope diminished"Hope
"I have a great deal to tell you"Truth
"Ambition without purpose is merely restlessness"
"There is a guard and watch upon my heart always now"
"What I felt as my great expectations were being revealed"
"The convict's return changed everything I thought I was"Change
"Miss Havisham had been the cause of my false fortune"
"Growing up means discovering what you truly value"
"I should have listened to Joe from the beginning"
"The marshes never felt as cold as my heart"
"That old battery on the marshes became my sanctuary"
"Estella was created to be hard and unfeeling"
"I understood at last what it meant to be truly grateful"Gratitude
"The truth about my benefactor was the greatest shock"Truth
"I was falling in love with an idea, not a person"Love
"The forge and the blacksmith's life seemed like salvation now"
"I had hurt the one person who truly loved me"
"London became my prison, not my palace"