Great Expectations

Book · 8 characters · 814 quotes · 1861

Quotes from Great Expectations

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"My father had a strong belief in the efficacy of a good caning."
Pip Education
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"If you can't get to be uncommon through going straight, you'll never get to be uncommon through going crooked."
Joe Gargery Wisdom
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"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well."
Pip Success
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"I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be."
Pip Love
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"The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the whole force of my soul, I was seized with a violent conviction that she could not love me."
Pip Love
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"I have forgotten my manners in the tumult of my feelings."
Pip Relationships
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"There are some things that I must not tell you; but I may make a guess, and so may you."
Great-Expectations Jaggers Truth
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"It is a matter of perfect indifference to me. It matters very little to any one in this country what you do."
Miss Havisham Life
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"I am afraid I am not quite of your mind. I should have liked to be taught Latin, French, and German, when I was a child, as well as English."
Pip Education
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"The world was not made for such as I."
Pip Philosophy
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"I am not angry with you."
Estella Kindness
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"It may be that I had committed the same offense myself."
Pip Patience
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"My heart was full."
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"In her presence, I was always wretched."
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"It was a fair contest, and a contest with her was like nothing I ever knew."
Pip Strength
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"He was always a gentleman."
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"There have been times since - I have been fortunate."
Pip Gratitude
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"Out of my thoughts! You are part of my existence."
Pip Relationships
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"It was the happiest, the most beautiful, the most peaceful."
Pip Happiness
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"The sun had not yet risen when we left the village."
Pip Adventure
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"I have a great object in life."
Pip Dreams
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"There is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice."
Pip Justice
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"It may be that you are not to blame for your circumstances."
Pip Courage
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"Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence."
Joe Gargery Wisdom
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"I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape."
Pip Change
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"I only ask for information."
Miss Havisham Knowledge
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"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching."
Pip Wisdom
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"We were equals afterward, as we had been before."
Pip Friendship
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"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart."
Pip Perseverance
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"I am afraid I am a coward."
Pip Fear