Great Expectations

Book · 8 characters · 814 quotes · 1861

Quotes from Great Expectations

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"It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home."
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"She had not the slightest regard for my feelings."
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"It takes true courage to admit one's mistakes and move forward."
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"I have come to understand that money is not the source of all happiness."
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"As the mists hung heavy on the marshes, so did uncertainty hang over my future."
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"Life is too short to bear malice or to hold grudges."
Joe Gargery Kindness
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"I cannot refuse you anything you ask of me."
Estella Relationships
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"Our meetings at intervals ceased to be regular."
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"He was a gentleman, and that settled the matter for me."
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"What a strange chain of circumstances brought us together!"
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"I was always in the middle of my own affairs, and I did not know where I was."
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"That was the end of our first meeting in the ruined garden."
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"My childhood had been my greatest happiness."
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"I wish you to know that you have been the subject of my thoughts for a long time."
Miss Havisham Relationships
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"The course of true love never did run smooth."
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"There is wisdom in being humble."
Joe Gargery Wisdom
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"My heart was full of pain and sorrow."
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"I was three-and-twenty when I saw the first signs of her love."
Pip Love
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"What is nobler than work?"
Joe Gargery Work
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"She gave me her hand without hesitation."
Pip Hope
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"I am not what I was."
Pip Change
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"In a word, I might have been as good as another, if not better."
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"I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape."
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"It were better to be eaten up by a lion than to be neglected by a woman."
Pip Love
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"What do you think of my mama?"
Estella Family
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"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching."
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"She's prettier than a doll."
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"You may suppose yourself excused from little attentions."
Miss Havisham Relationships
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"Be honest and industrious, and you will prosper."
Joe Gargery Work
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"Great expectations."
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