Great Expectations

"I learned that loyalty was worth more than all the money in the world."

"I was ashamed of my own heart when I thought of Joe."

"I have paid a terrible price for my vanity."

"There was a sadness in her eyes that no amount of beauty could hide."

"I resolved to become everything that was expected of me."

"My benefactor's wishes were law to me."

"She treated me with indifference, which cut more deeply than cruelty."

"I was young and foolish, and thought myself important."

"The wind howled about the old house like a living thing."

"I have learned that expectations are often the parents of disappointment."

"There was something in her manner that suggested she had suffered."

"I wish you to know that I never forgot you."

"The tears fell fast from her eyes when I told her."

"I felt myself getting warmer towards him with every minute."

"Whatever I have been, there is a time and a place for all things."

"I have given Estella all that I have to give her."

"It struck me that she was with child, and that accounted for much."

"What do you suppose I wish for when I am here?"

"I should have asked leave to stay, and run away from myself."

"The mist was quite gone, and I could see the landscape clearly."

"My sister had a trenchant way of pursuing conversations."

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

"I was in the first flush of my great expectations."

"It may be that you are not to blame for what has happened between us."

"Take the pencil and write under my name, 'I forgive her!'"

"I felt as if the stops had been pulled out of my heart."

"The convict leaning on me heavily with his broken leg."

"That terrible morning when I left the forge, I was not at all happy."

"I have always thought that a man might pass through the world very well without picking and choosing."

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