Great Expectations

"Great wealth brings great burdens of conscience."

"The forge represented an honest simplicity I later spurned."

"I cannot forget where I came from, nor should I wish to."

"Kindness is the true mark of a gentleman."

"I learned that strength comes from humility."

"The past cannot be escaped, only understood."

"Love and loyalty are the real riches of life."

"My expectations had blinded me to truth."

"The forge was my sanctuary in those early days."

"I have been a bad boy, but I have meant well."

"Great expectations indeed became great disappointments."

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

"We are not micromachines: we have the power of choice."

"We may never meet again, but you will always be within my heart."

"In that moment, I learned what it meant to be truly humbled."

"I forgave her for all she had done to hurt me."

"It is a bitter thing to see who you truly are."

"My expectations had become my executioner."

"I was not the hero of my own story, but merely a shadow."

"The clock struck, and my dreams fell silent."

"You will always be a blacksmith's boy to some."

"I understood for the first time what true loneliness meant."

"She had written her name in my heart with a stylus of fire."

"Once, this was all I could have wanted in the world."

"The best I can be is when I am forgotten."

"I had found a companion who suited my misery perfectly."

"When you see a man you trust turn betrayer, the pain is exquisite."

"My fortune came as a silent shadow into my life."

"I wish you were the same Pip I knew as a boy."

"If you had taught her better, she would have been happier."