Great Expectations

"There is such promise in the future."

"I have never been so near happiness."

"A man may travel the whole world over and find nothing that surpasses genuine kindness."

"Perhaps I might improve as I grew older - as most people may."

"It may be that those people suppose we are all equals."

"The time will come - I am sure it will come - when domestic affections and public duties are reconciled."

"I have worn the key-note of my life upon my lips all these years."

"That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in my life."

"Great expectations indeed!"

"My father's establishment is not particularly brilliant in its walk of life."

"The world is not kind to those who are different."

"I wish you could have that pleasure too; but it is impossible for you - isn't it?"

"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching."

"The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with all the force of my heart, I was resolved that my body should be as presentable as my mind."

"So unhappy as to want a wife."

"Whatever I have called myself, I am your man."

"Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence."

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

"I am afraid I am a coarse, common boy, and that the plain truth is, I am not so good as I should like to be."

"The moment I saw her, I was lost"

"True strength comes from accepting our past, not running from it"

"Some secrets carry weight that crushes the soul"

"London became my prison, not my palace"

"I had hurt the one person who truly loved me"

"The forge and the blacksmith's life seemed like salvation now"

"Gentlemanliness is not about birth but about character"

"I was falling in love with an idea, not a person"

"The truth about my benefactor was the greatest shock"

"I understood at last what it meant to be truly grateful"

"Estella was created to be hard and unfeeling"