Great Expectations

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Quotes from Great Expectations

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"That old battery on the marshes became my sanctuary"
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"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see"
Joe Gargery Kindness
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"The marshes never felt as cold as my heart"
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"I should have listened to Joe from the beginning"
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"Growing up means discovering what you truly value"
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"Miss Havisham had been the cause of my false fortune"
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"The convict's return changed everything I thought I was"
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"What I felt as my great expectations were being revealed"
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"There is a guard and watch upon my heart always now"
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"I have never been happy with either of you"
Estella
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"Ambition without purpose is merely restlessness"
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"I have a great deal to tell you"
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"Remorse and repentance are different things"
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"The very stars seemed to grow darker as my hope diminished"
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"A man may have his weaknesses and be a gentleman still"
Herbert Pocket
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"My heart was with Estella all the time"
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"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching"
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"The truth will out, though it tarries"
Magwitch Truth
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"I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace"
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"Great expectations bring great disappointments"
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"I was a coward. But I was also becoming something worse"
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"The world is not kind to those who cannot fit into its molds"
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"I had never thought of being ashamed of my breath before"
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"Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life depends on these pages"
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"Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence"
Joe Gargery Wisdom
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"It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home"
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"I wish you every happiness in life"
Joe Gargery Friendship
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"I understood at last what it meant to be truly free."
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"The fire within me had been extinguished."
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"Friendship endures where love may falter."
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