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Character in Great Expectations From: Great Expectations

Protagonist and narrator; an orphan with great expectations

624 quotes

"The past cannot be changed, only accepted."
"The heart wants what it wants, regardless of reason."
Love
"Loneliness is the poverty of the spirit."
Solitude
"What is education without character?"
Education
"Love is not an acquisition, but a surrender."
Love
"Dreams, like shadows, fade with the morning light."
Dreams
"Freedom from want does not equal freedom from suffering."
Freedom
"The greatest strength is to forgive those who have wronged us."
Strength
"In the depths of despair, hope still whispers."
Hope
"Beauty without goodness is a dangerous thing."
Beauty
"We are shaped by the choices we make, not the circumstances we are born into."
"The pain of regret is worse than any physical wound."
"To be worthy of love, one must first learn to love oneself."
"Hope is the light that guides us through darkness."
Hope
"The greatest adventure is discovering who you truly are."
Adventure
"In the end, we are all just searching for home."
"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart."
Perseverance
"It is a wonderful thing to have a great expectations."
Hope
"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching."
Wisdom
"We are creatures of habit, and when the habit is broken, we suffer."
Change
"There is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice."
Justice
"I have a great deal of time for thinking in my present monotonous existence."
Solitude
"I am afraid I am not gentleman enough or rich enough for Miss Havisham"
Love
"We are not heavenly natures; we are not saints all of us"
Philosophy
"It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home"
Family
"I felt that I was not sufficiently impressed with the awfulness of his condition"
Wisdom
"The unqualified truth is the only foundation for virtue"
Truth
"I had never parted from her without reluctance"
Relationships
"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart"
Perseverance
"I must not forget that I was not always what I now am"
Change